Peninsula Tramping Club

PTC is one of Christchurch's tramping clubs. 

We are based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Peninsula Tramping Club is a friendly club offering a wide range of trips, mainly in the central part of the South Island. Please look at 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 8 July

NEW ZEALAND ORCHIDS
New Zealand has many interesting native specimens of orchid that we might find on our walks in our native bush. Max Hill and Melanie Brigden from a local Orchid Society will talk to us tonight about New Zealand orchids. 

Tue 12 August 

THE NAKASENDO TRAIL, JAPAN

A little on the wild side: Karen has just completed a 5-day walk on a section of this famous trail between Kyoto and Tokyo and will talk about this walk, and how different it was to a typical multi-day New Zealand great walk.

Tuesday 22 July: He Puna Taimoana, New Brighton Hot Water Pools then dinner at Pad Thai Restaurant, New Brighton. 

Come along and join a PTC group to soak and relax in the hot pools at 195 Marine Parade. There is also a sauna, steam room and heated changing rooms. Cost is $18/($14) for a gold card holder (peak time) or $23/($18) (peak time) for an adult. The second price shows the discount you get as a Christchurch Resident. There is a link on the website to register, you need to upload a bill showing your name and Christchurch address, and it takes about 1 day to come back saying you are registered. PLEASE BOOK AND PAY FOR OWN TICKET. Book the 5.30pm or 5.45pm session. We will leave the pools at about 6.50pm. Dinner will be at the Pad Thai Restaurant, 59 Brighton Mall, at 7.00pm.

https://www.hepunataimoana.co.nz/book-now/entry-passes Please let Evelien Baas know if you are coming to dinner by Friday 20th. Phone 027 557 5521 or email evelien@farmoffice.co.nz

In August, Maureen will still be “out-of-action” post-surgery, so requests a volunteer to lead a short walk and coffee catch up in August. Contact her for ideas if you can help out with an August social event.

For the most up-to-date information about Social Events, check the PTC website, the PTC Facebook page and look out for messages from PTC Communicator.  Maureen has been organising social events lately, but she welcomes help from others for daytime or evening social events. Please contact Maureen Thompson by phone or text 021-266-5778 or 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), as well as the quartermaster in Burnside.

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