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November 2014

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November 2014

Lake Wakatipu and Glenorchy From Mt Alfred/ Ari. Photo: David Barnes
Mt Alfred/Ari, Glenorchy NOTE: Access to Mt Alfred has been closed to the public. On each of the dozens of times I’ve driven around Mt Alfred/Ari – usually seeking a few days in the hills – I’ve thought, ‘I need to come back and make time to walk up that’. It’s a wedge-shaped monolith, formed […]

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