TTC Club Night

Tuesday is our regular club night. Club night meetings are held an our centrally located clubrooms at 4 Moncrieff Street, off Elizabeth Street, off Kent Terrace.
We welcome new faces at our meetings, and there are always club members available to provide newcomers with information and answer any questions.

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Forthcoming meetings

1, 8, 15, 22 January  

Clubrooms closed

29 January Summer barbecue

5.30pm - 9.00pm. BBQ at Peter Barber’s and Mary Kane's home, 100 Queens Drive, Lyall Bay. Catch up with other club members and talk about your Xmas/New Year adventures. Please bring your own meat for the barbecue, and food and drink to share.

05 February Predator Control on Mt Victoria

Ian Robertson has spent the last three years wandering the length and breadth of Matairangi/Mt. Victoria, as part of the Vermin Trappers group. At the start of 2018 he formed Predator Free Mt Vic, a backyard trapping group. He'll be showing the equipment they use, the pests they've encountered as well as the challenges ahead.

12 February Protecting the high Pamirs of Tajikistan

Over the past 20 years Les Molloy has travelled widely in the high mountains and deserts of Central Asia: the Karakoram in Pakistan; the Altai of Mongolia; the Tian Shan of Xinjiang in North West China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan; and the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. Les was involved in the successful international effort to protect 18 percent of Tajikistan as a remarkable World Heritage site – the Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamir)(approve sites).

19 February 100 Year Reminiscence Series - Part 5

Hugh Barr has led about 15 Labour Weekend trips up the Hodder to climb Mt. Tapuae-o-Uenuku. Other trips that have proved popular among TTC members have been to the Hopkins, Huxley and Ahuriri (including Canyon Creek), Kahurangi National Park, and the snowfields of the Upper Rakaia Valley.

26 February A Taste of Self Guided Walking in Japan

Imagine a tramping trip along ancient, mountainous pilgrim trails, pausing by shrines deep in the forest and staying in Japanese inns, where the weary walker can soak in a hot bath or onsen before enjoying a traditional Japanese evening meal. In March 2018, Irene Thomas walked three self-guided trails on the Island of Honshu covering sections of the Kumano, Kodo and Nakasendo Trails, and the Ancient Capitals tour, incorporating Asuka, Nara and Kyoto.

05 March Vancouver Island Variety

A brand new grandchild and a wedding took Alan Graham and Liz Martin to British Columbia. They took advantage of the visit to climb over 2,000 metres to the summit of Mt Albert Edward on a 3 night trip to Strathcona Provincial Park, then to spend 5 days doing the 47 km Juan de Fuca Trail on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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