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2009-10-28 | Tramping Reports | 2009-11-11

Tramping Reports Wednesday 2009 Nov 04 to Tuesday 2009 Nov 10

The Wednesday trip to the Aorangis was abandoned owing to not enough people to justify the required car shuttle and the less than serene weather.3 members went for a walk in Tunnel Gully instead. The Wednesday trip from Otari to Khandallah had 3 members and 1 non-member. They didn't linger on the skyline because of the winds.

The weekend trip to the Ruahines did not run owing to lack of interest. Nor did the trip to the Aorangis for the same reason.

5 members were involved in the Field Hut workparty. There was 18 in the hut Friday night and about 60 passed through during the weekend. The sleeping bench and windows were cleaned, sanded and painted, a new drainage channel was put in, the wood shed was cleaned out and replenished with fresh wood, The guttering and water filters were cleaned. Grafitti painted over and holes filled in and the hut inside and out was spring cleaned and rubbish removed.On Saturday night they celebrated Field Huts 85th birthday party. A good weekend, the only sad note someone had prised 3 of the small TTC display panels off the wall for presumably firewood.

The Saturday M/F daytrip did a Kaitoke - Eastern Hutt - Marchant to Kiwi Ranch. 4 memebers. They met a regional council staff member in E Hutt counting birds and report lots of inquisitive horses at Kiwi ranch which were tad annoying. 9 hour day.

The Saturday medium trip had 4 members for a long day completing the East Wakanui-West Wakanui circuit.

There were no takers for the Sunday family cycle ride in Whitereia. The Sunday cycle trip was cancelled because the leader was out of town.

There was 6 members for the Sunday afternoon stroll to Mt Kaukau which ended with afternoon tea at the leaders house.

Total 25 members and 1 non-member.