Ellis Basin Route We took a detour off the popular Mt Arthur summit track in the Kahurangi National Park, to spend a weekend freezing our bits off tramping the beautiful Ellis Basin Route and around…
Ellis Basin Route
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Lake Daniell Track – with a Difference
Lake Daniell Track The Lake Daniell track is one of those 'first overnight tramp' types of track. At 8.4 Kms one way it isn't too long (we took 2 hours), it's reasonably flat through beautiful…
Beebys Knob
A Half-Day to Beebys Knob / Beebys Hut Close to Nelson, easy parking and great views make a half-day walk to Beebys Knob (1442m) and Beebys hut a must-do for locals. There are both walking…
Mt Somers Track
Mt Somers Loop For this excellent overnight Mt Somers trip, we started at the Sharplin Falls car park and took a leisurely day, walking in an anti-clockwise direction to Woolshed Creek hut. We then climbed…
1000 Acre Plateau
1000 Acre Plateau ... "it might be a bit muddy" my partner said casually, a few nights before we ambled up to the 1000 Acre Plateau for a Winter Queens Birthday-weekend trip. We discovered a…
Not Gordons Knob
Not Gordons Knob Today's adventure was a local mission, with the aim of heading up to Gordons Knob from Inwood lookout South of Belgrove. It turned out to be an absolute cracker! Around 13Kms there…