Upcoming Trips

How to run a trip for leaders and members for leaders and trip participants and Track Grading information. See also Trip Programme Information.
Trip Programme for printing (Note: the printed trip programme is not updated – trip details may change please refer to Upcoming Trips post).
Distances and costs are for road travel from Mosgiel car park.
Trip details may change – check latest notices.
This webpage has all current updates. Last updated 01/11/2026


Summer meeting times 8.45 am to depart 9.00 am
September to end of May


 

Wednesday, 4 November
Track Clearing – details to come. Leader Graham Thurlow
Combined:  Raceman’s Track. Grade 2.5. $5. 11 km (road distance to Silverstream carpark). Leaders: Sue and Peter Beal.


Wednesday, 11 November
Combined:  St Martins (Quarantine). Grade 2. $9.   30 km (road distance to Back Beach, Port Chalmers). Leaders: Ann Ward, Sylvie Watt, Sue Johnstone, Dianne Bezett.


Wednesday, 18 November
Trampers:  Racemans/Powder Creek. Grade 3. $5. 11 km (road distance to Silverstream carpark). Leaders: Sarah McCormack, Janice Hodges.
Hikers:        Brighton Area. Grade 2. $5. 14 km (road distance to Brighton Domain) Leaders: Adrienne Ensor, Bill Cubbit.

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Botanic Gardens- Rhododendrons and Volcanoes

20261021 103539a thumbnail21/10/2026. Botanic Gardens – Rhododendrons and Volcanoes. Grade 1.5. Hikers. Leaders: Katherine and Tony Martin.
A group of 20 sunhatted hikers set off from the lower gardens car park, down the infamous Castle St, taking in the flats’ creative names and a couple of street murals

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Frasers Gully

IMG 8107 thumbnail21/10/2026. Frasers Gully. Grade 3. Trampers.  Leaders: Graham and Carol Thurlow.

The sun kick started our day creating smiles and enthusiasm. 26 trampers ventured into Frasers Gully then straddled up Graham’s short steepish historic track to Helensburgh Rd

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Cloud Forest / Sullivans Dam.

20260923 800 103357 10.33 am. thumbnail23/09/2026. Cloud Forest / Sullivans Dam. Grade 3. Trampers.  Leaders: John Gardiner and Gwenda Farquharson.

When 22 optimistic trampers converged on Sullivans Dam in 6 cars, their optimism was tempered, not only by the weather forecast,
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Government Track to Pylons and Return

IMG 3584 thumbnail19/08/2026. Trip Government Track to Pylons and Return. Grade 4. Trampers.  Leaders: John Barratt and Graeme Souter.

It was a chilly start (8 degrees Celsius) that greeted 19 walkers at the carpark next to the Waipori River.

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Camp Road and Greenacres

IMG 4804 thumbnail29/07/2026. Camp Road and Greenacres. Grade 3. Trampers.  Leaders: Gail Williams and Yan Campbell.

The weather gods were certainly co-operative on Wednesday when 28 of us set off from Macandrew Bay towards Company Bay on our way to Larnach Castle.

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Flax Clearing Day

Img 3348 thumbnail06/05/2026. Flax Clearing Day. Combined.  Leaders:  John Gardiner and Graham Thurlow

With a few slightly contradictory weather forecasts for the day, seventeen Taieri Recreational Tramping Club (TRTC) members, met with five Green Hut Track Group (GHTG) volunteers at Memorial Park car park.

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