Mt Williams (Arthurs Pass) Date Unknown

Uncle Roddus Tramping diary: Tramp No.5

Mt Williams (Arthurs Pass) Date Unknown

Mt Williams is the mountain that rises from the confluence of the Mingha and Edwards rivers before they flow into the Bealey river at the southern end of Arthurs Pass National park. Another one where I don't have the actual date we did this but it was the next weekend  following tramp no.4.

With 10 in the party we forded the Bealey river just below where the Mingha river converges. We then followed a well formed track heading up stream on the true left of the Edwards river through the beech forest untill arriving at the Edwards Hut in time for lunch. The weather was cloudy with moderate winds and light drizzle as we left the hut and forded  the Edwards after which we climbed a very steep hill up to Williams saddle. Visibility on Mt Williams was pretty lousy so we decided to just drop straight back down  from the saddle into  the Mingha River and back to the cars. Of course as soon as we hit the valley floor the clouds clear off Mt Williams. Murphy's law!

Woolshed Hill/Savannah range/Hawarden valley (Date Unknown)

Uncle Roddus Tramping diary: Tramp no.4

Woolshed Hill/Savannah range/Hawarden valley (Date Unknown)

Most properly my first tramp as a member of the CTC, I don't have a date for this tramp or the one I did next either and as I didn't get out too much back then, Tramp No.6 wasn't untill August 2002, this tramp could have been any time from early 2001 to first quarter 2002.

A clear day with little wind and few clouds was presented us as 15 of us left Hawarden shelter car park at 10AM and preceded to make the steep climb through Beech forest and up onto Woolshed Hill. Had lunch and discussed how far along  the Savannah range we would travel before dropping back down into the Hawarden  valley. It was decided to see if we could get all the way to the point above East Hawarden river and bush bash down the prominent  ridge into the valley and  back out. Two of the party turned back as we kept heading along the tops and several times I thought I had bitten off more than I could chew,but I struggled along and kept up with the leaders and according to my diary had a very enjoyable if exhausting trip.We made the cars around 7PM so it  was defiantly summer. Woolshed Hill and The Hawarden Valley are in the same vicinity as Mt Binser from  Tramp no.2. No photos.

Hinewai Reserve (Banks peninsular) 7th January 2001

Uncle Roddus Tramping diary: Tramp No.3

Hinewai Reserve (Banks peninsular) 7th January  2001

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My third and qualifying trip with the CTC, which meant I could officially join the club now. This trip had the same leader as the last one and the same car, so would we actually make it to our destination this time? Yes.

The Hinewai Reserve is located on the south east of Banks Peninsular over the hill from Akaroa and feeds down into Otanirito bay. For more on Hinewai Reserve refer to this article on Wikipedia

At  around 9:45AM on a warm and fine summers day we set off down the South track heading to Otanarito bay.

back then the track was quite overgrown and we encountered plenty of gorse and stinging nettle. We took a  short detour to a place called "The Stones" where we lunched before continuing on down to the beach. The day was pretty hot, so some of us had a pleasant little swim in the Pacific before heading off on the long climb back up a much more used track which passed through a magnificent stand of Beech and kahikatia trees. We were all grateful that we did the loop this way and didn't have to bush bash our way back up the other track. The leaders car did indeed have some problems on the way home, but it did get us there. Again no photos for this trip.