Hello everyone,

Pouakai Circuit is closed until further notice. The swing bridge on the Kaiauai Track section has been washed out.

Trampers can still walk from North Egmont via Holly Hut to Pouakai Hut but must return the same way or exit via the Mangorei Track and arrange transport.

So, please be aware of that if you are heading to that area. :)

Thanks

Cheers,
Charis

Hey all....

Received this a few days ago. If you're planning trips there, be aware that you won't be able to access all of the tracks.

"Upgrade works have begun on the Constable Road End of the walkway.
The planned works includes the upgrade of the track from the Constable Road end to the Mokoroa Stream crossing including the
installation of a new bridge across the Mokoroa stream. The planned works also includes the installation of a new carpark and a small toilet facility at this road end.

Weekend tramps in the Kaimai ranges.

If you are interested in the new guide book to the Kaimai ranges, see below for how to get hold of one:

Weekend Tramps in the Kaimai Ranges details 22 weekend
tramps, ranging from easy to hard.

It includes detailed hand drawn maps and directions to long lost cullers tracks and huts such as Hurunui hut, with many original colour photos.

Convenient A5 size, 141 pages.
Price $29.50 plus $3.20 P@P

Send to:

Anne Dudley C/-
Ultralight Tramping Shop
P.O. Box 80209
Green Bay
Auckland

Please make cheques out to: Anne Dudley

Multi-day Waitakere trail named after Sir Edmund Hillary

29 September 2009

A four-day trail through the Waitakere Ranges and along Auckland’s west coast is being named the ‘Hillary Trail’ after pre-eminent mountaineer and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary.

The Hillary Trail combines an Auckland Regional Council (ARC) vision to create a ‘long trail’ or multi-day tramp through the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park with a tribute to New Zealand’s most celebrated outdoorsman. The trail will open in January 2010.