River City Walking Group 5th Anniversary Walks

Name: River City Walking Group 5th Anniversary Walks
Start: 2025-02-01T13:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-02-08T20:30:00+13:00
Location: Whanganui

Schedule

Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 08:30 pm

UTC+13:00

Location

Whanganui | Wanganui, MW

This weekend is the walking group's 5th Anniversary. Over the weekend and the following week, we will run a series of walks and also have a shared dinner. These are mostly family-friendly walks. There's no need to register for them or sign up for the group; show up at the advertised time and location for each walk.

Bushy Park Walk
Saturday 1st February
For the first of our 5th Anniversary walks, we are off to Bushy Park, which was where we had our first event back in 2020. There will be multiple walk lengths available from 20 minutes up to 2 and a half hours
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy & Easy/Mod
MEETING LOCATION: COI car park if getting transport with us or at Bushy Park Car park
Time: 1pm at COI (We'll be at Bushy Park at 1.30 approx)
Cost:$5 (if getting transport)
$4 for CSC/ Gold cardholders, students, and youth 10-16 years (2-9 are half of full price)
Leader: Joseph Corrigan & Willem Doodeman-Beamsley
(email [email protected] if you would like transport for this trip or contract trip leaders)

Bason Botanical Reserve Walk & Shared Dinner
Sunday 2nd February
For this walk at Bason Botanical Reserve, we will start by walking around the arboretum and gardens at the top of the reserve before heading down the hill for the Native Bush & Lake Tracks. Shared dinner to follow, there may be cake 😋
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
MEETING LOCATION: top car park
TIME: 3pm for walk, 5pm for Dinner
LEADER: Carl Mackay

Waitangi Day Walk - Aramoho to Upokongaro
Thursday 6th February
This popular walkway follows the Whanganui River from the Aramoho Cemetery out to Upokongaro, crossing over the river just downriver of Upokongaro. After a short break in Upokongaro we will head back the way we came.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
MEETING LOCATION: On Somme Parade Outside Top 10 Holiday Park
TIME: 2pm
LEADER: Julayne Gannon
ONE WAY WALK - Aramoho to Upokongaro Bridge
We have shorter option of just walking one direction from Aramoho out to the bridge, this shortens the walk down to 45min to 1hr. For Meet us on the Aramoho side of the bridge and for a gold coin we will shuttle you back to the start location.
IF USING SHUTTLE PLEASE BOOK BY EMAILING [email protected]
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
MEETING LOCATION: On Aramoho Side of Upokongaro Cycle Bridge
TIME: 1.45pm
COST: Gold Coin

Round the Bridges, Railway to Dublin Twilight Walk
Saturday 8th February
The last of the walks around the group's 5th anniversary is a twilight walk that takes for the loop around the Dublin Street and Railway Bridges
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
MEETING LOCATION: Cornmarket Reserve near the Somme Pde roundabout
TIME: 7pm
LEADER: Emma-Jane Baker