30 July

Plants in the Tararuas - John Sawyer

John is a botanist for DOC and tonight he’s going to give us an idea of what the plant-life is in our favourite tramping area; what’s rare, what’s endangered; what’s a pest; and what we can eat; what you should take photos of (remember, we do have a photo comp coming up and Flora and Fauna is a category).

6 August

Preservation Inlet and Dusky Sound - Glynne Lloyd & Louise Hargreaves

Glynne and Louise popped down to visit Don and Josie and had a good explore of this very remote area of the country.

13 August

Moscow to Hong Kong - Bevan McCabe

Bevan spent two months on this journey, mainly by train. On the way he travelled through Mongolia, Beijing, and Shanghai, down the Yangtze River, Tibet, and Guilin.

20 August

Search and Rescue - Wayne Stevens

Search and Rescue do a phenomenal job to help out those who get in trouble in the outdoors. Wayne’s volunteered with them for years and is going to tell us how they operate, the training they go through, and what do to if you’re in the unfortunate position of having to call on them to save your life.

27 August

TBA -

3 September

Mountaineers: What makes them tick? - Lee Davidson

Traditional research suggests mountaineers are thrill seekers and risk takers, but recent research of New Zealand mountaineers paints quite a different picture. Dr Lee Davidson, Senior Lecturer from Victoria's Museum and Heritage Studies programme is the person who’s done this research, and tonight she’ll be letting us know what she found out.