Fundraiser for new Middlemarch hut

August 2021

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The new hut (top) will replace the historic Leaning Lodge Hut on the Rock and Pillar Range
A tramping club is hoping to raise $170,000 to replace a historic hut 1220m up the Rock and Pillar Range above Middlemarch. Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club member John Cocks said the hut will replace the old Leaning Lodge Hut, which was built by the Otago Ski Club in 1958. The tramping club bought the […]

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