Expectations exceeded

September 2014

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September 2014

View down the Dingle Burn from near the Ahuriri-Dingle Burn Saddle. Photo: David Barnes
Ben Avon Hut via Top Dingle Burn Hut, Ahuriri Conservation Park We’ve all had those conversations. “You must do this trip”, “You’ve got to get to that place”. Occasionally, you get “don’t do that trip, it’s not worth it”. And so a library of ideas builds up and is filed away for future reference. But […]

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