Peninsula Tramping Club

PTC is one of Christchurch's largest tramping clubs.

Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Peninsula Tramping Club is a large friendly club offering a wide range of trips, mostly in the central part of the South Island. See the trip list to see where we are going in the next month, or trip reports to see where we have been in the past.

The club consists of people of all ages who tramp for recreation.

We organise regular trips to cater for people of different levels of fitness and tramping experience.  Our trips range from easy to hard, and may be anything from day trips to long weekends to a week or more.

We also hold a monthly club meeting, and a variety of social events.

CLUB NIGHTS are held on the second Tuesday of each month in the Baptist Church Hall at 286 Oxford Terrace. This is located on the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace, (see map) starting promptly at 7.45 pm. Doors open 7.30.

Hiring club gear for private trips. If you require tramping gear for a private trip and it is available on your dates, club members can hire out the PTC gear - contact the Quartermaster. Please note however that you will be responsible for the costs of any loss or damage at the value at the time of hire.

Tue 10 Sept

Finding Your Way
Modern devices are useful but you still need to be able to read a map. Merv, Evelien and Kerry will present different aspects of navigation—conventional and modern.

Tue 8 Oct

To be decided

Friday 6 Sept 

Yarnachy Festival City Walk and Coffee

Yarnarchy is a yarn bombing festival in the central city - part street art, part craft, part graffiti.  We'll meet at Riverside market at the outside seating area at 9.45am and stroll through the city searching out the yarn bombs and any other new additions to the city landscape. I haven't yet found out where the locations are but suggest having a coffee stop at about 11am in the library cafe or wherever we end up, then amble back again on a different route. Bring a camera if you like. If the weather is bad, I'll postpone to Monday 9 September. Contact Maureen Thompson 021 266 5778 mothompson1212@gmail.com

For trips in the next month or so, please see the Trips page.

PLBs for the trip leaders to use (or members’ private hire) are located at Halswell (Merv Meredith), Marshlands (Graeme Nicholas), and Bishopdale (Kerry Moore).