A rocky graveyard

October 2015

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October 2015

Rock formations at the Gorge Creek Lookout. Photo: Edit Leigh
Harwoods Hole, Abel Tasman National Park / easy Marble blocks litter the track to Harwoods Hole like the carcasses of long dead, strange and forgotten animals. Sharp ribs still protrude and holes have worn through the slippery rocks, where once a stream had eaten its way through the marble mountain, known as Takaka Hill. In […]

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