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Looking into the South Branch Maitai River on the Dun Mountain Trail. Photo: Ray Salisbury

The best trip on Topo50 map BQ26 – Nelson

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Ray Salisbury

Ray is an author and photographer living in Nelson, and a longtime contributor to Wilderness.

By Ray Salisbury

A track with wilderness, tramlines and ancient Mãori trails.

This topo map is special because I live on it. My home squats on a ridge overlooking Victory Square, named after Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. From 1849 some of my ancestors arrived from England at the Port of Nelson – also on this map. Then in 1853, my Salisbury […]

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Ray Salisbury

Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.