Hut hopping in the high country

September 2014

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September 2014

Comyns Hut in Hakatere Conservation Park. Photo: Pat Barrett
Comyns Hut, Hakatere Conservation Park Huts always have a great attraction for trampers, so when a new one comes to my attention I am always quick to pay it a visit. Hence, to Comyns Hut in the north branch of the Ashburton River. It’s hardly new though, being an old musterer’s refuge now incorporated into […]
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