“I listen to my other senses more. The birdsong and wonderful smells; the perfume of the bush." Sue Emirali

Heard and felt, but not seen

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The Great Walks are an experience everyone can enjoy, as these sight-impaired trampers discovered.

Petronella Spicer from Christchurch is totally blind. She’s no stranger to tramping and the Great Walks, having ticked off Lake Waikaremoana, the Abel Tasman, part of the Kepler and part of the Milford. “The Blind Foundation (now Blind Low Vision New Zealand) would organise a big tramp every two years with lots of support,” she […]
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