The weird, unusual and downright quirky things you can see in the backcountry. After working as a summer ranger for DOC in Golden Bay in the late 1980s, I walked the Heaphy Track for the first time. On the Gouland Downs I was surprised to see a pole festooned with discarded boots, some nailed in […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
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