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April 2015

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A walker is dwarfed by mountains of rock in Gertrude Valley.
Gertrude Valley, Fiordland National Park The walk to Gertrude Saddle is most certainly my favourite day walk. Starting from the already impressive Milford Road, the trail wanders up the majestic glacier-carved Gertrude Valley; the walker dwarfed by towering walls of rock. At the head of the valley, the track zigzags through loose rock, beside a […]

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