- Friday 10 September 2010
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Stratford trampers go bush
ANZAC Weekend for the Stratford Tramping Club provided two options for the trampers.
The options were to travel Friday, April 23 to Awakau Road in the Awakino Gorge and stay two nights in the hut used for TV programme “Hunger for the Wild” on the Mokau River.
The second option was to travel in on Saturday to tramp and camp that night.
Four trampers went in on Friday night and seven came in on Saturday, with one staying with the others on Saturday night.
Saturday’s tramp was up a very steep ridge through bush, taxing for a couple of trampers. Three trampers were stung by wasps on the climb. Morning tea was enjoyed half way up this ridge, with views looking west to Mokau and the sea and to the east was the bush.
Once up the ridge it was onto the Mohakatino Station and tramp on a farm track for a short time before we returned on this track and climbed up to the Tawariki Trig.
Lunch was had in a sunny spot along the ridge from the trig. Three quarters of the way along this ridge we climbed down a steep grassy slope and used a rope brought along by the leader to help on one part of this slope.
Once down this steep slope it was a half hour walk through what is called the Cane Basket.
On the Sunday the five trampers that stayed Saturday night tramped along the Mokau River flats for three hour, passing heaps of whitebait stands and shelters beside the river. The upside of this was that all five trampers went home with their tea of mushrooms. Back to the hut for lunch, clean up and travel home.
The weather was great all weekend, many thanks to Braide and Jackie Copplestone for all the help and allowing up to tramp over their property, and for the lovely apples.
Organised by Maureen Simmons
