Last Updated: 25-5-2024 11:20

Lake Rotoiti weekend at Rotoiti Lodge, St Arnard - Fri 14th June to Sun 16th June. 

Just working out how to attached the flyer  ... see below 

An invite has been sent to Marlborough club members (and families) as well as to our neighbouring clubs inviting them to attend the weekend. As with all ventures of this type, we need a minimum number of people. With our club we are half way there for the min numbers of 40. We can cater up to ??. 

We request that any club member that is interested in attending, please email info@marlboroughcameraclub.org.nz with their Name, Email, Phone, number of people attending and any dietary requirements.  

We are lucky to have Shirley Kerr attending the weekend. She is an internationally acknowledged author of several fungi books so has an extreme wealth of knowledge and she is willing to share this with us. Her website is: http://kaimaibush.co.nz

How it works 

Provided: Sat Lunch, Sat Dinner and Sun Lunch

Arrive Friday 14th The lodge opens up at 4pm.  (Some of us might meet up earlier, like 1pm at a designated location) . Select your bed. Ladies upstairs, Men downstairs please. There are exceptions but there are enough facilities to ensure separation if preferred, or couples being together. Unpack your own bedding: Sleeping Bag, Pillow and Blanket, own toiletries and towel and store your breakfast's in the full catering kitchen - fridge and cooking facilities include a toaster. It's a casual evening with a Pot Luck Dinner for all to contribute into. Be prepared with your camera, tripod and charged batteries for an astro photography opportunity that very evening. Also fire wool light trails on the pier. 

Saturday 15th. Hopefully there were some smaller groups, outings, routes discussed the previous evening that will be posted on the 'Activity Board' - or head out on your own/friends/family. Remember to check back in for Lunch (1pm) and you may want to take a chill in the lodge. If you're going out again, be back well in time for the Dinner. Dineer will be at the lodge at 5:30pm. Once again, be prepared with your camera, tripod and charged batteries for an astro photography / long trails this evening - or stay in to hear other opportunities of photo editing or a fungi presentation from Shirley .. Damn, we need another day .... 

Sunday 16th. A repeat of Sat morning and remember Lunch is at yoour leisure (Time from 12 to 1pm). Then a clean up is required - remember it's about taking pride in how we leave the place. (and we want to come back again) 

There are some lodge rules that will be posted: Mainly they are that the Lodge is a smoke & vape free venue. If needs must, please do so well away from the venue. Alcohol is permitted - however what you bring, you must also take home. No alcohol empties are allowed in the rubbish/recycling.

Clothes 

Sounds silly but this is an alpine area so be well prepared for cold, cool, sunshine and maybe wet conditions. Warm clothes, hat, gloves, wet weather gear (for you and your camera), sturdy footwear and slippers/indoor footwear. Over trousers water proof pants if you're wanting to get down to ground level to photograph fungi. 

Photography Challenges and your Camera Gear

 The Lake Rotoiti area offers many different photographic challenges to pursue. Consider

Macro,  Birdlife,  Landscape,  Sunrise,  Sunset,  Light trails (painting) including hopefully steel wool on fire, and  Astro.   

So bring your camera gear for what you want to do .. and then all the rest of your gear for just in case you end up doing something different !!! 

Camera, Lenses if required, Tripod, or a low level tripod that holds your camera (or a bean bag), Cable release for slow shutter control, spare batteries, charger, memory cards. Tin foil reflector for more light for fungi shots. Torch. Kneeling mat (plastic rubbish bag to keep you off the damp ground. your laptop to check your images with your photo editing software already loaded. (Not too sure about the internet availability/strength/reliability at the lodge) 

Available Learning 

To be confirmed .. 

  • Shirley Kerr will be presenting an hour long presentation about Fungi. And I do remcommend purchasing her book on Fungi
  • Irene Callaghan will be available for an hour or so on Sunday and will go over photo editing / or critiqye on some of your images. 

The Environment

  • 650M Elevation, Alpine
  • Sunrise          07:55am NNE           Sunset 17:04pm WNW 
  • Blue Hour       07:23 to 07:35am      17:24 to 1735pm
  • Golden Hour   07:35 to 08:39am      16:19 to 17:24pm 
  • Galactic Centre from 18:44pm, rising in the East. Possible Astro shots not too late. 

Cost 

Approx $150 pp if catering included.   Refunds will be available, we are just working thru the cut off dates for the hall URGENT CHANGE .. there will be no catering as numbers are so low.  

Deposit of $70 Due 16th May to MCC 03-1355-0761081-00.  You must include NAME and Ref of ROTOITI 

Please send an advisory email to info@marlboroughcameraclub.org.nz and we will forward to Stephen who is assisting in the admin of this field trip. Stephen will also answer any unique requests 8stay one night, not staying at lodge, preference to a smaller room, etc  

Coordinators of this field trip are as below. So a huge thank you for them getting this off the ground and walking the talk to make it happen. 

Shirley Kerr     027 463 5353

 Stephen Coleman  027 248 7888

And obviously those that participate and attend the weekend  (We did the same trip in 2021 and it was fantastic and many of us that attended last time - will be back again :-))

 

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