What is the BushBall??? 

Why a grand ball-of-a-time in the bush of course!

As the name suggests, this will be a party in the bush, with some amazing decor, fabulous costumes and really cool people! BYOD.

BushBall is a themed party, so YOU MUST DRESS UP! (Otherwise you will be sad). Especially as there are PRIZES for best dressed!

This year's theme: Fairytales!

From the Brothers Grimm, to modern Disney adaptations, or whatever fairytales you grew up with, we want to see these stories brought to LIFE!

COST TO BE CONFIRMED!!

What will happen:

We will meet at the Hunter Carpark at 12pm on Saturday the 13th of June.

Then we will bus/or get into cars and drive to the YMCA camp in Kaitoke (43min drive). 

We will walk to Smiths Creek Shelter (an easy walk, about 6kms) 2 hours, maybe 3 if you’re slow. 

Then: we will set up our tents and flies (we will provide these) and then the party will unfold! 

What you need to bring:

• Your Fabulous Costume!

• Your dinner, breakfast, lunch and plenty of snacks!

• Pack + Pack liner/drybags

• Raincoat

• Headtorch + spare batteries

• Boots + socks

• Shorts + teeshirt not cotton

• Fleece/wool jumper not cotton

• Thermal top and bottom

• Warm hat, gloves and neck gaiter

• Sunhat + sunscreen

• 1L+ water bottle

• Personal first aid kit + personal medication

• Toilet paper + hand sanitizer

• Sleeping bag

•  Sleeping mat

• Toothbrush + toiletries

•  Bowl, mug and cutlery

It's the start of winter now, so make sure you bring PLENTY of warm clothing.

THIS TRIP IS LIMTED TO 18+ years of age

Cost: TBD

Cost will cover transport, and some highly important party supplies.

Plan is to sleep in tents at roadend, then from there on the wednesday we wake up super early and walk to Arete. If we cant make it or the weather gets bad then we just sleep at Te Matawai.

Should be back on the Thursday evening

So much Fun!!

Inspired by the recent morning swims, we thought we might organise something at a more reasonable time of day!

It will be a swim (or a frantic dip!) for those who want to brave the ocean, but we will also bring camp stoves, thermoses, and some food. 

This will of course be weather dependent - if it's raining we might reschedule or maybe bring the picnic indoors somewhere.

Where: Oriental Bay

What to bring: 

• Togs
• Towel
• LOTS of warm layers, hat, gloves
• Camp stove and gas and pots if you have them
• Bowl/plate/mug and cutlery
• Something yummy to share around
• Picnic blanket if you have one

Filming notice:

Some of this trip will be filmed by Yana/crew for the student documentary. If you are not comfortable being on camera, that is perfectly fine! Just let us know when we all get there and we can work around preferences. There will be time for us to chill without the cameras as well.

Would you like to learn how to climb trees with ropes and stuff? Or actually anything you can tie a rope to, it doesn't have to be a tree. I'm running a basic tree climbing training in Wellington with Climate Liberation Aotearoa, but anyone from the tramping club is welcome too. It's in the context of protest and activism, but it's a useful skill even if you aren't interested in that.

We're communicating through an app called Signal, message me either through email or on 02040193451 and I can get you in the loop.

(all of the above is true, but this is also a shameless way to ask to borrow some climbing harnesses according to club policy please Finlay)

Possibly my favorite place in Wellington city, this lovely little rocky valley is tucked in the scrub above Ngaio. It's a really beautiful spot, it would be really nice to develop it to run summer evening climbing trips, but we need some help particularly with clearing the access track  

The tramping part of the trip would be open to anyone tramping at at least a medium-ish grade along the rough access track, and it would include a walk up to the summit. The rock climbing part would only be for people who have done rockcraft as the climbing is quite adventurous at the moment but hopefully we can change that! 

Message us if you're interested and we can sort out some hired climbing gear, and bring all your regular day tramping kit. Should we say meet at Simla Crescent station at 9:16am when the train gets in? Unless anyone has a car, which would cut out most of the hill?

Welcome to Wednesday Climbing Nights!

Want to try indoor climbing for the first time, or meet some like-minded climbers? Come along to our weekly climb nights! We climb at Hangdog (Bouldering & Top roping) in Lower Hutt, and Faultline (Bouldering) on Willis St. 

This week, we'll be climbing at Faultline. There are grades for every level of experience, so no matter how much climbing experience you have you’ll have plenty to get stuck into! 

This week: Faultline

Entry costs: $15 + $3 for shoes 

This is not paid for through the club—there is no piking fee if you pull out. Pay at FL when we arrive.

To get the VUWTC entry price, just let the front desk know you are with VUWTC. Our discounted price is only from 5:30 pm onwards on Wednesdays.