Join us for the biggest rave of the year! 

We will have a lineup of DJs, some incredible beats, and your fantastic dance moves! All in the bush! This is an overnight event, but no tramping is involved; we will drive to a campsite (location to be revealed), set up tents, and then party! We will camp overnight in tents/flys. 

Theme

This year's theme is SPOOKY FOREST. Come dressed in your spookiest outfit!

When?

Meet at 2 pm on Saturday the 31st of October at the Hunter Carpark outside the gear shed. Everyone must be there by 2:30pm!

On Sunday the 1st of November, the bus will pick us up at 11am and have us back at uni around 12pm.

Where?

The Bush Rave will be somewhere in the bush, within an hour's drive of Welly! The location will be revealed via email to everyone with a ticket the day before. 

Transport

We are hiring a bus to transport the majority of people, but we will also need some drivers. If you can bring a car, please let us know; you will be reimbursed for fuel.

What you need to bring:

• Your Fabulous Costume!

• Your dinner, breakfast, and plenty of snacks! 

• Your beverage of choice - no glass please

• Tent (Bring your own or find a spot under one of the club's flies)

• 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 will get cold! Please bring plenty of warm clothes!

If you need to borrow any gear, eg sleeping bag/sleeping mat, please get in touch with the gear custodians: https://www.instagram.com/vuwtc_gear/ 

You must be a club member to borrow gear. Gear can be collected on Saturday before we get on the bus, please come at least 15mins early (1:45 pm) to get this sorted.

Description: 

Climbing season is upon us!

This will be a chill one, just hanging out on the beach, eating snacks, maybe climbing a little. 

Bring:

• climbing stuff (shoes, helmet, harness, hardware, slings etc)

• lunch & water 

• approach shoes 

• warm clothes 

• togs??? 

This trip is not instructional; you must already know how to lead climb including setting up anchors & belaying. 

You are cordially invited to the annual summit luncheon between the good folks of VUWTC and AUTC.

Snowcraft experience required. Cricket, sock wrestling, and table-traversing experience strongly preferred.

Staying at the TTC lodge, room for 16 of us to go.

We will be staying in the TTC Lodge with members from the AUTC (Auckland University Tramping Club). Many shenanigans will be undertaken, mulled wine will be drunk, cricket will be played on the summit plateu, and we will wrestle over socks. Perhaps we may sing songs too.

Gear required is the same as was used on Snowcraft. So please ensure you have all the right layers and crampon compatible boots. 

Food: We will do a group meal on the Saturday night that will be shared with AUTC. That is the only shared meal. The rest will be self catered. 2x Lunches, 2x Breakfasts, and plenty of snacks!

CHANGED ROUTE:

DAY 1 - WALK TO WAIOPEHU 

DAY 2 - WALK TO SOUTH OHAU 

DAY 3 - EITHER : walk out via river (if it is low enough to be safe) or walk out via Gable End ridge

Kia ora all!

If birds, the bush and bingo are up your alley then this is a tramp for you. Over three days we will walk up the Ōhau river, up and over twin peak, and back down through the bush. Over this time, each of us will have a bingo sheet of native birds to spot – with huge prizes (like bird-sightings) up for grabs!

This trip will run from Saturday the 17^th till the Monday the 19^th of October, leaving Saturday morning and getting back Monday evening.

I will send out a gear list closer to the time but feel free refer to the website for a general idea (just normal tramping things – plus maybe binoculars and a bird ID book if you’re feeling enthusiastic).

Dinner will be provided (and divvied between packs) but you will need to bring your own breakfast, lunch and snacks.

There is a chance the route will change slightly if it rains a lot (or is forecasted to) and we need to avoid the river.

Numbers are limited by hut capacity, and by drivers (2 people with cars would be great!)

Cheers,
Micah (soon to be bird spotting pro)

(The cost is for 2 dinners + fuel for driving to and from)

TRAMPS WEEK! - Kime-Renata Loop

Dates: Saturday 17th to Monday 19th

Max group size: 5

Need a driver! I'll shout you a pie!

• Sat - Drive from Hunter Carpark to Otaki Forks, walk to Renata Hut (5-6 hours) 
• Sun - Renata to Kime Hut, lunch at Elder Hut (6-7 hours) 
• Mon - Walk out to Otaki Forks via Field Hut (4-5 hours) 
   

Will be taking it chill, main risk is if bad weather while we're exposed on the ridgeline, and the cold. Everyone should have sufficient warm layers for temps as low as 0C overnight. Potential of high winds when going past Elder Hut. We will adjust the plan according to the weather 

 

The Billy Awards is the premier awards night for VUWTC, to celebrate the adventures and misadventures of the year. Everyone is welcome, whether you've been to one meeting or every single one of them.

If you haven't received an email with the address. (You've signed up on the day), flick us an email and we'll lyk!

TIME: Arrive from 6pm, we'll start cooking at 6:30, awards and Heels after dinner.

WHERE: A flat in Northland; sign up to be emailed the address closer to the date!

FOOD: Taco extravaganza! Taco night on steroids. Bring a couple of ingredients to contribute; fancy and/or weird contributions welcome. BYO drinks if you'd like. 

HEELS: With any luck our annual publication, Heels, will be ready to go!! 

AWARDS: The most important part!! We want to hear your best stories; now is the time to dob in your friends. 

To nominate someone for an award, fill out this form!

https://forms.gle/xEXKXmd2pyaT3Jkc7

The more detail in nominations, the better! Tell us every little detail, like that time a certain someone had a misadventure, or a time someone really stood out in the club this year!

Categories may or may not include:

⛰ Tramper of the year
🧗Climber of the year
🦸 Most promising new member
🛖 Hut bagging champion
🚕 Golden chariot
🗺 Most geographically challenged
❤️‍🩹 Worst injury
📝 Most trips organised
🏕 Most trips attended
💩 Piker of the year 
🌮 Best tacos host
❓Something else?

Come along for one last tacos of the year, and to celebrate all that we've done this year!