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“MAKING TRACKS with Scroggin”, November 2025
Whanganui Chronicle MIDWEEK

Expect the unexpected

Whanganui Tramping Club members clamber around a windfall on the Fern Walk in the Totora Reserve.

Trampers quickly learn to expect the unexpected as they navigate the outdoors, whether it is a closed track, flooded stream or broken bridge. On a recent Whanganui Tramping Club trip in the Pohangina Valley it was a huge windfall near the start of the Fern Walk which provided a short delay before it was bypassed.

This walk is one of the 348ha Totara Reserve’s greatest assets. It is 5km loop track which takes about two hours. Apart from a steep spur that takes walkers from road level to the top plateau, most of the track is fairly flat. This was once a major kahikatea forest that was decimated by a cyclone 90 years ago. The bush is still beautiful with some forest giants and many ferns with information boards.

The club’s weekend programme for November is:

1 Sat, East Tokomaru Track, leader Rozy

1 Sat, Pot Luck Meal, leader Sally

2 Sun, Mt Thompson, leader John

2-9 Sun-Sun, Wellington Walks, leader Jacky

8 Sat, Middle Road Reserve, leader Dave

15 or 16 Sat or Sun, Walk New Highway, leader Pam

20-22 Thurs-Sat, Waitewaewae Hut, leader Sally

22 or 23 Sat or Sun, Mangaehuehu Hut, leader Johnny

29 or 30 Sat or Sun, Tunupo, leader Dave

For more information email inquiries@whanganuitramping.org.nz

The midweekers have a full programme of interesting trips every Wednesday. Those who get out on Thursday are in two groups, with a longer walks on 6 and 20 November for the TT1 group and shorter ones for the TT2 group on 2, 13 and 27 November.

To join weekend trips call the leader by the previous Tuesday at the latest. Call by the night before for day trips. As some trips have limited numbers, leaders have the final say about who to take as they are responsible for the safety and well-being of everyone on their trips. For further information visit our website https://www.wanganuitrampingclub.net/trips

The next club meeting:
7pm, Tuesday 4 November.  2025,
at the Veandercross Lounge, Whanganui Racecourse.
 Programme:
Rozy and Frank Rawlinson will be guest speakers

Their subject: “Cycling Tasmania”.

All welcome.