Mt Judah, Whakaari Conservation Area High up the steep schist slopes of Mt Judah at the head of Lake Wakatipu in north-west Otago lie a notable series of mine sites. For the greater part of a century they were the focus for extraction of scheelite – calcium tungstate, or ‘white gold’, as it came to […]
Kuataika and Smyth Ridge tracks, Waitākere Ranges Regional Park
In search of greatness
Maungatautari Over the Mountain Track, Waikato
Lake Stream Hut, Victoria Forest Park
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