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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Cone Hut trashed by vandals. This coming weekend →. Positive News for Cone Hut. 30 July, 2015. Some have probably already seen this, but following my earlier post. Regarding the vandalism of Cone Hut, Stuff reports that there’s been a positive and concerted effort. Hopefully it’ll be around for another 70 years, with the help of everyone who values it. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). This coming w...
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update | Windy Hilltops
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Otaki Gorge Road Closed, Also for Foot Access. 22 December, 2015. Just quickly, for now at least, it looks as if Otaki Gorge Road has been closed. Not just for vehicles due to the usual slip, but also to foot access. At this time, it also appears to be indefinite. Alternatively, … Continue reading →. 26 August, 2015. Positive News for Cone Hut. 30 July, 2015. 19 February, 2014. Very briefly, I’d like to help ...
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Newer posts →. 25 January, 2016. Radio New Zealand’s. Programme has looked at public access rights and the conflict over paper roads in New Zealand. The 28 minute audio programme can be found at the end of the linked page. Was created, with a general role of liaising between the sides. I wrote about this in 2009. Episode tracks down people on both sides of the issue, and it’s worth a listen for its presentati...
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Tag Archives: government policies. Overseas tourists and park access fees. 1 March, 2016. It’s difficult to comment on recent calls for tourists to pay a larger share of maintenance of the conservation estate without detail of what’s being proposed. So far nothing’s been formally proposed. This is a recurring topic. The most recent … Continue reading →. That Paparoa National Park Great Walk. 15 November, 2015.
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Updated Hut Maintenance Figures | Windy Hilltops
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Unofficial Tracks in Egmont National Park. Cone Hut trashed by vandals →. Updated Hut Maintenance Figures. 30 June, 2015. When back-country hut fees increased several years ago, I wrote with some disappointment about how I saw hut fees as being the price of being honest. I still think that, but it’s not something up for negotiation right now. Lately, in April we had a forum conversation on the NZ Tramper website.
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Cone Hut trashed by vandals | Windy Hilltops
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Updated Hut Maintenance Figures. Positive News for Cone Hut →. Cone Hut trashed by vandals. 30 June, 2015. I’ve only just written. About what a great deal we’re probably getting on looking after our back-country huts for minimal cost given what’s available, but then this is reported. Arriving and boiling a billy. At Cone Hut. (November 2007.). Members and by DOC, on behalf of the public and the hut’s users. Wants t...
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Tag Archives: department of conservation. 27 June, 2016. The two ends of what used to be the Pyramid Route. In the past I’ve dropped a few references to the various tracks around Egmont National Park which have been ‘closed’ (in official terms) in relatively recent times. Reasons have … Continue reading →. Overseas tourists and park access fees. 1 March, 2016. 20 February, 2016. 21 November, 2015. The Tararuas hit ...
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Why can some huts be locked from the inside? 21 July, 2016. Yesterday, Federated Mountain Clubs published an informal facebook post. It noted an experience at Blue Range Hut, in the Tararuas, where the overnight inhabitants had locked the door from the inside. Most of the discussion under that post has been … Continue reading →. Positive News for Cone Hut. 30 July, 2015. Cone Hut trashed by vandals. 30 June, 2015.
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Something to listen to. 14 September, 2016. I’ve not yet read Laurence Fearnley’s Going Up Is Easy, but it’s on my reading list. It’s the biographical account of Lydia Bradey as the first woman to ascend Everest without oxygen, and the only New Zealander to do so. … Continue reading →. The Walking Access Mapping System Goes Mobile. 14 March, 2016. Otaki Gorge Road Closed, Also for Foot Access. 22 December, 2015.
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tararua tramping club | Windy Hilltops
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Wellington-biased back-country tramping in New Zealand. About Windy Hilltops / Contact me. Tag Archives: tararua tramping club. Positive News for Cone Hut. 30 July, 2015. Some have probably already seen this, but following my earlier post regarding the vandalism of Cone Hut, Stuff reports that there’s been a positive and concerted effort to repair and restore it to a state better than what it was … Continue reading →. Cone Hut trashed by vandals. 30 June, 2015. The Downs and Ups and Downs of Kime Hut.
