Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Calendar Nov-Dec 2012
2 Dec - Orienteering in the CBD, see www.orienteeringtaranaki.org.nz
9 Dec - Kahui hut and the Pa site (if the weather is kind). 10am at road end. Contact Sharon
16 Dec - North Egmont, Maketawa, Razorback loop. 10am start at Nth Egmont. Contact Hilary
Xmas trips to suit yourselves, ho ho ho.
14 Jan - Committee meeting at Adamsons
27 Jan - Club night. Late afternoon at Lake Mangamahoe, walk, bike paddle(?), BYO tea
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Calendar - Sept to Nov 2012
23 Sept - Lunch at the lodge. A quick tidy up of the building and grounds.
Tues 25 Sept - Club night. Photo comp results at Frewin's house 180A Omata Rd, 7.30pm
30 Sept - Tramp to Kaiauai Shelter. Leaving from the rock car park at 11am. Contact Len 7638365
Thurs 4 Oct - Slink run, thanks Newton and Neil
7 Oct - Waitara Heritage Trail Bike Ride - including Bertrand Rd bridge if the wind is kind on the day. 11am start at the railhead. Contact Sharon 7638365
14 Oct - Orienteering at TOPEC, see www.orienteeringtaranaki.org.nz
21 Oct - Labour weekend - family time
28 Oct - Nth Egmont/Maketawa/Razorback loop. Starting at Nth Egmont carpark, 10am. Contact Hilary 7510716
3/4 Nov - SAREX or orienteering at Audrey Gale reserve or Big Bang Adventure race near Levin
10/11 Nov - Overnighter at the Lodge, including Guy Fawkes celebration
12 Nov - Committee meeting at Cliff's
18 Nov - Kapunui Lodge tramp. 10am at Dawson Falls
Photo Competition categories for 2013
2. Humour
3. People
4. Open
5. Blue
6. Spider Webs
7. Domestic Animals
8. Lines
9. Rain
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Photo Competition reminder
Let Hilary know if interested in the meal so she can book a suitably sized table. 06 7510716
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Programme - July to September 2012
15 July - Orienteering at Ratapihipihi. Contact Jacqui 7510676
16 July (Monday) - Slink pickup by Adamsons
22 July - Waitara Heritage Trail bike ride, including Bertrand Road bridge if the wind is kind on the day. 11am start, contact Sharon 06 763 8365
26 Aug - Tramp to Kaiauai shelter, leaving from the Kaiaua rock carpark 11am, contact Len A 06 763 8365
2 Sept - Orienteering. Noon start, contact Jacqui 7510676
4 Oct ( Thursday) - Slink pickup volunteers needed
Monday, July 9, 2012
Frewins Folly - an update from Africa
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Photo Location Comp Part3
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Programme May-June 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Kiri Day Explore 29th April
Mangorei Track 22nd April
Friday, April 13, 2012
Congratulations Thomas Higgins
Fire Lighting March/April 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Fire lighting at the Lodge, 31 March - 1 April 2012
Neil & Jacqui, along with Hilary and Ricky and the loaded trailer, made an early start for a busy weekend at the Lodge, but Sharon was even earlier. She’d been reading a survival book kindly supplied by her mother a few years earlier and, oh, there were so many ideas to try out.
Adamson’s had wrestled a couple of rabbits from Mindy so, first things first, Sharon dug a hole, made a fire and buried our dinner. She then went searching for supplejack to make an eel trap. The frame construction was pretty straight forward, but canes that were flexible enough to weave round them were not. As the trap took shape Hilary assisted by splitting the supplejack to make it more flexible. It turned into quite a large structure, in fact a bit too big for the nearby stream, so we ended up with an interesting sculpture on the lawn for the weekend. Just as well we only had two days, that book is a great source of ideas and information.
Neil and Ricky spent the afternoon constructing and installing a replacement staircase for the first bank after the bridge, with help from Jacqui dredging the river rocks and gravel. Hilary replaced the netting on the bridge.
Len turned up just as dinner was dug up, (how does he get the timing right so often?) and with the addition of the usual sumptuous extras an excellent feast was consumed, with plenty left over for tomorrow.
Late in the evening we went fishing to prove that there are eels in the stream, but the juicy piece of steak didn’t entice any. So, no eels, no need for a trap really! Apparently the sculpture will adorn the Adamson garden for a while instead.
We didn’t bother to stay up to welcome in the end of daylight savings, nor did we do the usual April Fools tricks on Sunday morning. So at a very civilised hour we started on the leftovers and spent time discussing the fire lighting plan.
Neil stayed behind to install an extra bench beside the gas cooker and the rest took a wander through the bush looking for all different types of tinder which we took back and systematically tried to set alight. It’s interesting to see what burns, but even more amazing to find out the ones that wouldn’t. Phase 2 was to use a ‘never fail’ flint but it was extremely difficult to get the spark to light the tinder.
How come Bear always finds the right sort of dry combustible tinder? Ah, I know, we didn’t have the benefit of program editing.
As a final hurrah, we boiled water in a plastic bottle over a fire – it worked really well, but no-one wanted to drink the water (probably full of chemicals leached from the plastic, but in an emergency it would be great).
It just goes to show, what works on telly, doesn’t necessarily work in the native bush of New Zealand. Anyway, there are now 5 of us that know which tinder to look for, but that’s our secret. It’s a pity you weren’t there……..
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Calendar April-May 2012
8 April – Easter, family time
15 April – Lake Mangamahoe bike exploration. Ride the trails before they are removed to make way for the new cemetery. And visit the new trail building efforts. Contact Jacqui 06 7510676 10am start, Plantation Rd top carpark (nearest Egmont Village)
22 April – Mangorei Mystery Trip, looking for historic stuff. Starting at 10am, top of Mangorei Rd, contact Sharon 06 7638365
29 April – Explore Kiri Track, contact Sharon for start location 06 7638365
4 May – Friday night club night. Banff Mountain Film Festival. Tickets $25 from Kiwi Outdoors
5 May – Orienteering from Te Rewa Rewa Bridge. Contact Jacqui 06 7510676
13 May – Wilkies Pools boardwalk and beyond, contact Sharon 067638365
14 May – Monday, committee meeting at Hilarys
20 May – Lake Dive from Dawson Falls, lower track – the hunters have cut the track so it should be a pleasant walk. 10am at Dawson Falls Visitors Centre. Contact Sharon 06 7638365
AGM Presidents Report 27 March 2012
Welcome everyone to another AGM.
The committee have diligently organised and schedule many activities throughout the year some being – Lake Rotokare Fenceline , Kahui Hut, Dover/ Pouakai/ Kiri tracks, orienteering, Kaitake’s Goat rock, Stent road beach walk, Mangorei Track, Traders and Whalers plus exploring places looking for historic memorabilia (carved rocks to the less educated) and we even had a snow day with family and friends.
The photo competition have once again produced good quality photos, congratulations Newton.
The Mystery photo competition was quite controversial last year and I hope this year is no different, I am sure everyone enjoys the challenge. Good luck for this year.
The Magazine has gone digital and we can now access the pages via the web, and committee meetings every two months has now been adopted. The committee we have had to get more organised with the programming, however after a few teething problems all is running smoothly.
Thank you Jacqui. The Shakespeare Award has seemed to have had its day unfortunately, there are not many stories this year, when we get more than 10 articles in the newsletter it may come out of the cupboard again however this year as last we will carry it forward.
Thank you to all who helped with the slink calf run it was certainly worth it this year with a cheque banked for $750, this will be in next year’s annuals as it arrived a little later than expected.
The Lodge has been well used through the year, and it is a place to go for peace and quiet. There are more bookings I believe in progress and thank you Higgi for taking the bookings.
The past year has been rather quiet, and it has been hard for me personally to be motivated to complete a lot of activities, however I was pleasantly surprised at the last event, “The Opunake Mountain to Sea mountain bike ride, (0rganised by the Opunake Lions Club)This was an awesome event with both young and old turning out to complete the day. It is certainly on my “to do’’ list next year, well worth the effort.
Thank you to the committee for organising events and activities, we missed out on a few that will be rescheduled due the last couple of storms e.g. Carrington Ridge summit climb, but these will get done at a later date.
Get your ideas together for the coming year – at the general meeting following this we need to get the programme together and figure out where the club is going from here.
Cheers, Sharon Adamson
President
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Programme Feb - April 2012
5 Feb (Waitangi weekend) - Mangorei track - look for the dated rock and other interesting locations near Graylings clearing. 10 am start at Mangorei road end. Contact Sharon 06 763 8365
12 Feb - Orienteering at Huatoki Domain. Starting from the wooden one way bridge, noon. Contact Jacqui 06 751 0676
19 Feb - Kahui track and beyond. 10 am start at road end. Contact Sharon 06 763 8365
24 Feb - Club night. Bicycle movie at the Arthouse Cinema - how bikes improve the lives of people all over the world, 8.30pm $10 by bike (show helmet), $15 if not. Maybe dinner first???
26 Feb - Enchanted loop, starting at the Mountain House 10am. Contact Sharon 06 763 8365
4 Mar - Summit climb via Carrington Ridge. Could stay over on Sat night at Holly Hut for a fresh (early?) start in the morning. Contact Sharon 06 763 8365
12 Mar (Taranaki Anniversary Day) - Kaponga Lions bike ride, Dawson Falls gates to Kaponga $10
18 Mar - Mountain to Sea bike ride, 09:30 at Arawhata Rd, ride to Opunake Beach, 40km, $15
25 Mar - White Cliffs walkway - Waipingao Stream, Pukearuhe, 10am start. Contact Sharon for tide times and start location (take togs!! previous tide predictions have been suspect)
27 Mar - AGM 7.30pm, Tuesday night at Sharons, Harvey Road. Supper by Len. Bring all your photo challenge pics (with you in the photo) and be prepared to debate the merits of the points awarded. Prizes galore.
31 Mar/1 Apr - Overnighter at the Lodge, including a McGiver vs Bear Gryllis challenge testing out all their unusual firelighting styles and skills.