Twighlight Hike – 10 February 2026
This was the second twilight hike that we have held over the summer to promote the tramping club to the public. This hike started in the reserve at the end of Meon St and we had 8 members of the public and 7 tramping club members turn up.
The night was warm but overcast, with the odd spit of rain–but it wasn’t enough to damping the hike. We started off through the reserve and a walkway to Fernbrook Rd and around to the bottom of Buckley’s Hill. It was then up the hill on a well-maintained mowed track with great views over town the higher up you got.
At the top of the hill, it was then a bit of road walking around onto Reservoir Road with great views of the Kakanui Mountains and along to the Reservoir Mountain bike tracks. We spent about ¾ of an hour exploring the many tracks in the pine trees before retracing our steps back down Buckley’s Hill and back to the reserve at Meon St.
The walk was just over 2 hours and about 6km. Thanks to everyone that turned up to enjoy the night out, and it was good to meet some new people.
–Neville
