pmcke
Have been a tramper for getting on 40 years now. Currently active with the Rotorua Tramping & Skiing Club but cut my teeth with the Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club when I was young. Have tramped all over NZ but now mostly tramp in some of the wonderful places around the Central North island.
Te Whare Okioki Hut
Hut.
Serviced Hut (Private). Capacity: 12.Bookings required.
A new hut built by the Kaimai Ridgeway Trust and administered by DOC. Bookings can be made on the DOC web site.
This hut has electric lighting and a USB port to charge cell phones
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Pearl Flat to Scott's Bivvy
A new track has been cut through bush up the true left of the Matukituki river from Pearl Flat to Scott's Bivvy. This means that you can get to the head of the valley with dry feet and also avoids ...
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Scotts Bivvy
Hut.
Natural shelter (NA). Capacity: 2.
A poor shelter for two people. Beware of the resident stream within the bivvy when it rains
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Tarawera Trail
The first day of what will eventually be a three day trip around Lake tarawera
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Tarawera Trail
Track.
Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
The first day of what will eventually be a three day trip around Lake tarawera
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Hapuakohe Walkway
Track.
1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way.
A walk in two sections. The southern section goes from the end of Mangipiko Valley Rd to a point on Ohinewai Rd, taking about 6 hours. The northern section goes from Ohinewai Rd to North Rd and takes about 8 ...
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Mt Haast
Track.
Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
A steep but satisfying climb. Great views and an alpine environment reasonably accessable from the road
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Taylor's Mistake - Godley Head
The track from Taylor's Mistake to Godley head has been redeveloped and reopened after the earthquake.
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Te Waihou Walkway
Track.
Easy. Return via same track.
A nice easy walk in rural south Waikato, alongside the crystal clear, spring fed Waihou Stream
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pmckepmcke updated the photograph, Hut on Hiwiroa
11 September 202011 September 2020.
Hut has been removed
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pmckepmcke updated the hut, Hiwiroa Hut
11 September 202011 September 2020.
Hut has been removed
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pmckepmcke updated the track, Thompson's Track to Kauritatahi Track
31 August 202031 August 2020.
Removed a misleading sentence thst was added by someone else
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pmckepmcke updated the hut, Te Whare Okioki Hut
16 August 202016 August 2020.
Spelling error
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Te Whare Okioki Hut
16 August 202016 August 2020.
A new hut in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park. A little unusual in that it is of concrete construction.
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pmckepmcke added the GPX file, Old Ghost Road
22 November 201722 November 2017.
A GPS track of the Old Ghost Road November 2017
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pmckepmcke updated the track, Old Ghost Road [In construction]
22 November 201722 November 2017.
Noted that track is complete now
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pmckepmcke updated the hut, Liverpool Hut
3 May 20153 May 2015.
Changed status of water supply
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Liverpool Hut
3 May 20153 May 2015.
Liverpool Hut commands and excellent view down the West Matukituki Vallet
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pmckepmcke updated the GPX file, Pearl Flat to Scott's Bivvy
3 May 20153 May 2015.
added photos
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pmckepmcke discussed West Matukituki
24 April 201524 April 2015.
The new track up the true left has now been cut. It is less than a month old and cuttings ...
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pmckepmcke updated the hut, Scotts Bivvy
23 April 201523 April 2015.
Linked to other entry
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Scotts Bivvy
13 April 201513 April 2015.
The floor was too damp to sit on
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Scotts Bivvy
13 April 201513 April 2015.
Standing on top of the Bivvy. The head of the valley beyond
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Hot Water Beach
6 April 20146 April 2014.
This is a very popular place to camp in the summer, and it isn't only trampers who camp here
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Mt Edgecombe
6 April 20146 April 2014.
Seen from across Lake Tarawera
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Mt Tarawera
6 April 20146 April 2014.
View of the mountain itself from along the Tarawera Trail
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pmckepmcke added the GPX file, Tarawera Trail
6 April 20146 April 2014.
The first day of what will eventually be a three day trip around Lake tarawera
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pmckepmcke added the track, Tarawera Trail
6 April 20146 April 2014.
The first day of what will eventually be a three day trip around Lake tarawera
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pmckepmcke discussed
14 July 201314 July 2013.
There is a new hut at Perry Saddle http://www.tramper.co.nz/?8558 and another new one at Heaphy http://www.tramper.co.nz/?8560. They are large, quite ...
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pmckepmcke updated the hut, Lower Matakuhia Hut
5 June 20135 June 2013.
Added photo and removed irrelevant ones
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Lunch on the top of Maungakawa
22 May 201322 May 2013.
Tramping Club lunch stop on the highest point on the Hapuakohe Walkway
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, South from Maungakawa
22 May 201322 May 2013.
The highest point on the Hapuakohe Walkway, looking south. The track follows in the bush to the left of the ...
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pmckepmcke added the track, Hapuakohe Walkway
22 May 201322 May 2013.
A walk in two sections. The southern section goes from the end of Mangipiko Valley Rd to a point on ...
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pmckepmcke discussed
4 May 20134 May 2013.
I have a copy of the 1923 edition of Moirs (the original edition) and the bit in it I like ...
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pmckepmcke discussed
2 May 20132 May 2013.
Awesome pics. Brings back memories of the Darrens. The hardest thing I did was an E-W traverse of Sabre. That ...
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pmckepmcke discussed
2 May 20132 May 2013.
When I load GPX tracks I usually try and edit out the anomalies. I also join or cut tracks into ...
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pmckepmcke added the photograph, Good views from Mt Haast
25 April 201325 April 2013.
There are good views from anywhere above the bushline
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pmckepmcke updated the track, Mt Haast
25 April 201325 April 2013.
added photos
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pmckepmcke updated the GPX file, Mt Haast
25 April 201325 April 2013.
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