Gentle Annie Hut
Gentle Annie Hut
5th March 2017
Two vehicles left Oamaru and three vehicles arrived at Mt Stalker station yards. Jane M hopped in and we continued up to the end of Tulliemet Road to the “T intersection”. From here, it was easy to see the route for the day and nine of us began our descent into the gully via an old 4WD track. As we continued down towards the Gentle Annie Hut, Jane found some berry laden Coprosma. Some Herefords were keen to get past us so we let them through. We reached the Gentle Annie Hut late morning so we sat in the sun and had brunch while contemplating going up onto the west ridge to cut down some wilding pines which were a fair size. The ridge was a fair size too so we flagged it. We then, back tracked for 10 minutes and started up the zig zag which is to the south east of Mt Stalker. At the top, the lookout is towards Macraes Flat, Puketapu, Conical Hill etc. From here we walked back to the vehicles via the Otepopo spur 4WD track. Going through the last gate, the same Herefords from the morning, were seeing us on our way. Thanks to those who came along. A short, pleasant outing.
John C, Linda, Colin L, Mark, Stewart G, Jane M, Jac, Roz and Bess
