One of the classic tramps in the Tararua mountain range is called the Southern Crossing. It is usually done over two days plus one evening. The first evening is spent walking up onto the ridge where Field Hut is snuggled beneath the bush line. This is a three hour walk for someone like me, but [...]

Footbridge in the Catchpool Valley I’m back with the promised second post about hikes within an hour’s drive from Wellington. Sadly, we didn’t manage to squeeze a walk in this weekend because Wellington is kicking up one of its famous gales. Apparently the gusts got up to 140 km/h! Surprisingly, these big blows seem to [...]

Yesterday we finally got a bit of summer weather here in Wellington, and we decided to go check out a part of Kaitoke Regional Park we’d never explored. After a look around the camping and picnic area for possible future reference (and I was surprised how many people were using the campground considering it’s not [...]