From over the ditch

Hi to one and all. Firstly may I say I think this site is a pretty good place for information and ideas, but sadly there seems to be so little use of the forums and noticeboards, and as for finding tramping partners it seems near impossible. As a Pomm now living in Australia it isn't easy, to say the least, to join a NZ tramping club due to the conditions placed on new members having to complete so many trips prior to being allowed to apply for membership. As a consequence I have tried a few sites like this to see if there are any likely tramping chums out there, but unfortunately it appears that not many people actually read the notices or the forums (or they simply aren't interested in joining up....another possibility perhaps!) Why not tramp with friends from Oz? Again it is difficult to find people who have both the time and the money to make the trips over to NZ. Anyway, I thought I might take the opportunity to put it out there for interests sake and see what happens. If past experience is anything to go by, then nothing will, and this message will disappear into the ether like so many before!