Big view on Big Ben

June 2016

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June 2016

View of the Rakaia River from Big Ben. Photo: Pat Barrett
Big Ben, Torlesse Korowai Tussockland Park Out the back of the Rakaia Gorge in central Canterbury, where the river broadens into a large floodplain and the foothill ranges fall back, is a relatively new accessway onto the south-eastern end of the Big Ben Range and Big Ben, a large rounded 1416m summit. It’s known as […]
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