Ray Salisbury spends six days exploring rock bivs and fly camps along the 77km Rees-Dart Track It is mid-summer when we board the backpacker bus from Glenorchy, a small settlement dubbed the ‘Gateway to Paradise’. I say ‘we’ because I am one of 20 trampers from a diverse range of nationalities. A couple of Kiwi families […]
About the author
Ray Salisbury
Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.
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