Windy Hilltops
Blog URL http://www.windy.gen.nz/
Located Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand
Tags tramping, outdoor, hiking, tararuas, ruahines, walking, conservation
Wellington based tramping and trip reports.
Latest Blog Posts
- Perspectives from Laos, and mining the Conservation Estate on Nov 20, 2009 in musing department of conservation government policies laos travel
I’ve just returned from a few weeks in South East Asia, much of which was spent in Laos, albeit mostly on the tourist trail, and it’s a wonderful country. Having recently read one of Robb’s recent posts regarding our governmentR...
- Wellington [anti] smoking petitions battling it out on Oct 19, 2009 in musing government policies wellington
Nearly two years ago I wrote about how I often find the lingering smoke annoying when I go for walks around town. It’s difficult to walk along a main street in Wellington’s CBD during certain times of day without having people in front br...
- Short recovery walks on Oct 16, 2009 in update karori wildlife sanctuary meta wellington
A week ago I hoped to go tramping around the Camelbaks in the Tararuas, but wasn’t feeling well and ended up pulling out. By Sunday I thought I was doing better though, and was getting a little bored of sitting around. The weather was sunny and...
- Windy on the Skyline Walkway on Oct 3, 2009 in update skyline walkway suburbia wellington wind
I had the second half of an afternoon to kill earlier today, and went for a short walk down to Otari Wilton’s Bush, not far from where I live. Somehow I ended up on the Skyline Walkway, maybe because I forgot to stop and turn around, but it all...
- Origin of The Rain on Oct 1, 2009 in musing egmont national park poetry rain
People in Taranaki are proud of their mountain, and they’re also proud of it’s usefulness as a forecasting tool. A popular saying is that If you can’t see the mountain, it’s raining. If you can see the mountain, it’s goi...
- Trip: Cattle Ridge, Dundas and Herepai on Sep 26, 2009 in tramping rivers tararuas wtmc
On Friday night we sit in Istanbul, Carterton’s wonderful answer to good cuisine, twiddling thumbs as Illona, Amanda, Richard and I consider alternatives. It’ll be raining soon, and more importantly it’ll be very windy. Our first pl...
- My new GPS and digital red-lining on Sep 17, 2009 in musing altimeter gps toys
I’ve spent the last few weeks playing with GPS receivers, initially with Craig’s old one and very basic Garmin eTrex which he loaned me. (Thanks Craig!) A basic eTrex was certainly nothing flash at all. Having only a low-sensitivity ante...
