Mondays Walk- 28th August 2017

Weather tomorrow is cloudy with a few showers. Light winds. Mild temp.Cloudy with a few showers. Light winds.

Upper Clutha River Track from Albert Town to Luggate Hotel. (15.5 kms)

Start at Kinnibeg Street car park in Albert Town and walk along Upper Clutha River Track to the end where we will walk up Church Road to the Main Road and the Pub.

 

I shall leave my car at the pub and will take 4 drivers to get their cars while friends and partners wait in the pub.

If the weather is not good then we shall just walk for a short way along the track before returning then same way. Those who don't want to walk the whole way can do this too.

Jerry Gathercole
email jerry@gathercole.net

Fwd: Monday's Walk - 21st August 2015

Weather tomorrow: Cloudy with morning drizzle, becoming fine afternoon. Low cloud returning evening. Southerlies dying out afternoon. (9 deg max)

 In view of the weather forecast we will keep it shortish.

Hawea and Newcastle tracks- 12.5 Kms.  Many other places will be muddy and slippery so I plan a relatively flat walk down Hawea Track from the Camphill Road car park. Then loop round the Newcastle track, stopping at the river side just over the  swing bridge at Albert Town (7.5Kms) for an early lunch. Return along Hawea River track to the car park.

If it turns out to be a nice day will consider a change of plan to Colquhouns Beach.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/24402314

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Jerry Gathercole
email jerry@gathercole.net

Monday's Walk- 14th August 2017

Deans Bank and Dublin Bay Track.

May be  a few morning showers then fine spells. We will go to Albert Town Camp site and park by the entrance to Deans Bank. First half of the Walk will be along the Deans Bank track. Unlikely to be many cyclists on a Monday but back marker will need to shout out if cyclists appear. The track is narrow in places. When we get to the Lake Outlet area we join the Dublin Bay track and walk further round the lake until we find somewhere for lunch. If we are feeling energetic we can walk to Dublin Bay. We return along the Dublin Bay Road/track to Albert Town. Distance between 12 and 15kms(all way to Dublin Bay Road),

Suggest boots as there will be plenty of mud.  

Leader Jerry Gathercole

Map can be viewed at deans Bank Loop

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Jerry Gathercole
email jerry@gathercole.net

Monday's Walk - 7th August 2017

​Lake Hawea Loop

The day should be OK with no rain. After today's rain all the tracks are going to be muddy so we will walk on flat well established paths. 

 Start at  the car park at Lake Hawea camp ground.  Walk around the base of the dam to the Hawea Albert Town track till we get to the Cemetery Road entrance. We walk down the track beside Cemetry Road to Muir Road past the new subdivisions. Walk to the lake front then turn right towards Gladstone and find somewhere on the lakefront for lunch. Retrace along waterfront back to the cars. The walk can be extended as far as we wish but will be about 12kms.

Jerry Gathercole

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Jerry Gathercole
email jerry@gathercole.net

Monday's Walk 31 July

A reprisal of last week's Plan B (which the three of us who showed up didn't need as we opted for a relatively dry walk up the Motatapu):

Cairnmuir landslide. A walk up to the head of the Cairnmuir landslide control structure, the prominent earthworks visible across Lake Dunstan 4 km south of Cromwell. 4 km each way via a good 4WD track, steep in places, with a height gain of about one and a half Mt Irons.

Trip leader: Martin Unwin

 

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Monday's Walk 24 July: update

The forecast suggests little if any rain around Cromwell, so we now have a Plan B as well: 

Plan A: Motatapu Gorge. As per yesterday's posting.

Plan B: Cairnmuir landslide. A walk up to the head of the Cairnmuir landslide control structure, the prominent earthworks visible across Lake Dunstan 4 km south of Cromwell. 4 km each way via a good 4WD track, steep in places, with a height gain of about one and a half Mt Irons.

Leader: Martin Unwin

 

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Monday's Walk 24 July

A rerun of last Monday's rained out Motatapu Gorge walk. An essentially flat walk alongside the Motatapu River, starting at the bridge on Mt Aspiring Road (500 m past the Diamond Lake parking area), and continuing upriver for 5 km to a lunch stop at Motatapu Gorge. Return the same way. The track is mostly in good condition but has a few muddy sections, so sturdy footwear is recommended.

Leader: Martin Unwin

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