More than 11,000 people a year have been tramping and biking the Old Ghost Road. Photo: Hage Photo

The groundbreakers

December 2018

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With two community-run tracks in line to be the next Great Walk and the recently-built Old Ghost Road attracting record numbers, could community-built trails be the future of the track network?

It started with a 130-year-old map showing a long lost miner’s road. The map, discovered by a Buller local, shows a route weaving through the rugged Lyell Range and forested valleys, connecting the ghost town of Lyell to Seddonville, 85km away. Word got out about the forgotten track, piquing the interest of a group keen […]
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