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1 dqay. Easy. One way.
Updated 6 September 20101 day ago.
A day walk in an urban jungle Surpriseingly interesting with more wildlife than I have seen in many New Zealand Forests
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½ dqay. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
Updated 31 August 201031 August.
A short, wet walk in Belmont Regional Park.
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1 dqay. Medium. One way.
Updated 31 August 201031 August.
A full day in the tops of Belmont Regional Park near Wellington.
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2 dqays. Easy/medium. Loop track.
Updated 21 August 201021 August.
An Easy two day loop in the Whirinaki Forest park
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Articles
Dartmoor South to North
A trip report of two nights on the Moor.
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An easy walk on a roche moutonne less than an hour from Methven.
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Huts
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
Updated 7 September 2010yesterday.
A charming hut situated on the TR of the South Branch of the Mokihinui River at the confluence with Goat Creek.
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Updated 6 September 20101 day ago.
This is the first hut up the Karamea River from the coast end. It takes about half a day to walk in from the road ...
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Updated 6 September 20101 day ago.
Located on the TL of the Gorge River near the mouth with the Tasman sea. It is beside an airstrip. NZ's remotest family, the Long's, ...
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
Updated 19 August 201019 August.
Old Basic Hut built around 1935 by musterers with open fire and 6 bunks. Beds are ok, but if it's cold outside, then it's cold ...
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Places
Local council park or reserve. 3,691ha. Updated 31 August.
Updated 31 August 201031 August.
A forested plateau between Lower Hutt and Porirua Harbour. The park is managed by the Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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Photographs
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This pic shows a tall post adorned with footwear beside the Heaphy Track. Think it was in the Gouland Downs area?
Highest up the post(pole) is ...
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These boots date from the late 1940's or early 1950's and saw service in Westland then the Volcanic Plateau/King Country area before sitting in a ...
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Tidy six bunker in the headwaters of the Haupiri River.
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Inside the bealey spur hut, facing the bunk beds
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Mitre Peak
Camp on Mitre peak summit (1571m), highest point in the Tararua range, breathtaking. - 27 Feb 2010
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Sunrise from Mt Armstrong
lookin over at the backside of brewster. Well worth the alpine start
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Blue ice on the snout of the Brewster Glacier
The ice visible at the face of the Brewster Glacier is an incredible shade of blue.
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Mt Armstrong from Peak 2023
After visiting the Brewster Glacier it is straight forward to climb the stream that flows from beneath Peak 1951 and reach the ridgeline of the Main Divide. A short scramble across loose rock and scree takes you to Peak 2023 ...
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Icebergs in Crucible Lake
Taken January 24 2010, Crucible was full of bergs and avalanch debris this day.
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