The hard way to Turners Bivouac is to bush-bash up Leader Creek Photo: Mark Watson

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Turners Bivouac, high in the Fiordland mountains, provides a dramatic view. By Phillip Melchior

There was no argument, no debate; there was hardly any discussion. We both agreed that of all the spectacular places we had rolled out our sleeping bags, this was the most dramatic. Turners Bivouac, perched on a small snowgrass terrace at around 1600m in the Darran Mountains, is a massive rock overhang with a front […]
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