Being down in Hawkes Bay for a bit of teaching and a family birthday – among it all we managed to find some spare time on Saturday afternoon to tick off another drive to summit. While the day was fairly calm on the ground, once we got to the top of the hill it was somewhat breezy. Warren had some old gear up at … Continue reading Kauahei – ZL1/HB-128
Its been a while since we did a drive to summit and this was an easy get to summit to nab on our way home from Mount Auckland and so that is just what we did. Heading back towards the city we detoured off and found Moir Hill Summit. On our way back down we did discover off the side of the road, what looked … Continue reading Moir Hill
So we learned something new recently…..Auckland has its own Mountain named after it! Today was our mission to conquer it and for Warren to activate it for his SOTA log. A successful mission it was, though, contacts were slim pickings at the top. The walk has two entry points. We took the second, slightly shorter route, which starts out across farm land to meet the … Continue reading Mount Auckland
