This term we have the most important event of all – the BushBall
baby! This is the Rock your pants off tramping occasion of the year. This includes
bugger-all tramping, shit-loads of drinking, loud music and the coveted toilet seat award
– Yeah Baby!!! The location is a mystery (in other words we haven’t found a
venue) and theme of the ball will be told to you well in advance (we haven’t decided)
– but it’s generally a ‘strictly no tramping items’ kind of affair in
a wicked little shagadillic shack! So what else is rolling off the calendar this term then
– there is Rubber Chicken Man’s ‘Rubber Chicken’ events which include
such woobly events as moonlighting across the Craigieburn ranges. He also has planned some
other crazed events for you pups – so keep coming to the meetings and we’ll keep
you all posted.
The gear locker has been used extensively over the last few snowfalls,
I had to use wooden ice-axes on the last trip! It is good that the gear is being used but
it also means that it is very important you return it promptly, so please do so straight
after the weekend. We will ‘push the pants’ for stories of tramps away over this
term as the time for the annual TROG (Trips Log) is firing near and we have all of about
one story on file (big database baby and one ain’t filling it!). Send a copy onto
Stewart or give them to me at the Wednesday meetings. Either way let me know as it is
important that I have you registered for the Drinking System and Mag Light that we will
give away for your stories. Oh and don’t forget every entry receives a free King-size
bar of Cadbury chocolate – so give ‘em to me baby!
The last term went off very well indeed. It was sad to see a few
friendly regular faces like Heidi and ‘Yohannas’ leave the club back to Norway;
their active support and lively characters will be missed by many I am sure, you guys will
be fondly remembered. The cake competition was a real sting – I am sure that this
year had to have been the biggest and best turn-out in the history of the tramping club
– to get eighteen awesome entries is really special – thankyou to all who
committed the time and effort. Oh and a special ‘love ya long time’ to Cindy and
Tina for the hotpools cake – Rock On! Also a special certified ‘arsehole’
award has to fly out to Clare Scott for burning our intestines out baby – you got me
there buddy but ‘love ya long-time’ too! Oh I also want to shout it out (too
much Mai FM I think – but what a station eh?!) for all my pups who contributed to
making this club such a positive and lively one – big cheers to Jonno and Shenaynay,
Rene B, Daz, Jeanie, Simon and all the crew in the fridge! To the clan – thanks for
your support.
So where are we going this term in the way of trips? To the Arthurs, Lewis and West
Coast are some. I also want to get longer trips away to the beautiful Catlins area in the
rugged South East of Southland and another around Ohau/Mt Cook. The weekends will have
wicked, easy and hard day-trips as well as the great night-and-a-day along with the more
traditional two dayers. I am open for suggestions on the fly so if any of you pups have
suggestions then e-mail me or preferably tell the big possum in person. I want more
hotpools, so we’ll plan trips for Hurunui and Otehake, Maruia, Hanmer and Sylvia
– ain’t nothing better than getting hot and steamy during winter! What’s
the ‘real deal’ about Daz and Lena then hey guys – just in case no one
knows yet, these two lovebirds are ‘on the wings baby’ if you get my drift! I
guess that classified ad. really did work – judging by the amount of replies I got it
looks like these two will be a good match. I’ll throw a couple of the replies in for
you guys to read – at least you can understand yourself the demand this Stallion had
on him. For a complete U turn how about I mention what will be happening on the
Wednesday’s of term three. On the other hand how about I don’t. I will tell you
about the photo competition this term though – this has categories such as best
landscape, individual, group, slide, action and ‘special’. Bring in your entries
as there will be some wicked prizes for winners of the categories since I love to give
stuff away, and they can be from any month or year folks! Oh and ‘wicked’ can
mean anything from downright naughty to hilarious! Every Wednesday will have a social
focus, we’ll have another ‘wine and cheese’ evening and plenty more
‘shagadillic action’ designed for you by the gals and lads of the social team.
After most Wednesday meetings it tends to be a habit of mine and many others to head down
to the local watering hole – so come along, pull up a pew and join us as we rant and
rave at the Foundry. Also, while you’re buying that beer remember to tell big Attah
you’re from the Tramping Club and it’ll go to our free beer at the end of the
year – so drink up baby because Rene’s thirsty!
Shags! It’s that time of the month again. I’m feeling the pain of a
bloody long walk into Mount Aspiring – but it was worth it. In fact I’m looking
forward to the chance to do it all over again. Once a month I try to do a long tramp, and
go on day tramps in the weekend’s in-between. This way I am able to get around my 32
hours of lectures a week and enjoy the outdoors – no excuses here for getting the
time of my life! This term is the heart of winter – which means the club will get you
pups up on the slopes and teach you a few essentials about winter tramping. It is
important that you all join in on the Snowcraft trips, as these are very important for the
safe enjoyment of the outdoors during the chill!