Paske Hut from the Rainbow Road A trip to Paske hut from the Rainbow Road is a great summer overnight adventure. Close enough to Nelson for a weekend and remote enough to feel like a…
Paske Hut

Tramping adventures in New Zealand
Tramping adventures in New Zealand
Paske Hut from the Rainbow Road A trip to Paske hut from the Rainbow Road is a great summer overnight adventure. Close enough to Nelson for a weekend and remote enough to feel like a…
Bull Paddock Creek Hut A trip to Bull Paddock Creek in the Raglan Range to the east of Nelson Lakes makes a good overnighter or, if you're feeling sporty, day return. We walked it as…
Cold Water Swimming - A Beginners Diary Day 1, Tahuna Beach Nelson The sky was peach-grey at 6.30 am in early September, on the sixth day of spring. The lights of the port flickered in…
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…
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 13 km there…
Sea Kayaking the Abel Tasman National Park On a fine summer weekend we're spoilt for choice for adventures, so we decided to head North for some sea kayaking in the Abel Tasman National Park. The…
The Beginners Kayaking Course with the Nelson Canoe Club Over the past few weeks I was lucky enough to be a part of the latest intrepid intake attending the Beginners Whitewater Kayaking course with the…
Hardwoods Hole Track We made the most of a lovely sunny winters' day to take a day trip from Nelson over to Takaka Hill and Harwoods Hole. Quite unknown to me before now, Harwoods Hole…