The outdoors is already ‘great’

October 2017

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October 2017

The lovely Lake Matheson walk is set to become ’Great’. Photo: Dan Kemp
The idea to pump more money into DOC to create a series of Great Day Walks and Great Short Walks was to help divert traffic away from hotspots suffering from overcrowding. By any measure, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Cathedral Cove, Hooker Valley and Roys Peak tracks would be deemed candidates for less, not more, foot […]
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