Above the bushline and heading towards the Moonlight Tops. Photo: Jason Blair

Paparoa Track: A Great Walk on a roll

September 2020

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Paul Hersey rides the Paparoa Track Great Walk and finds the kind of views and perspective of the Southern Alps usually seen on alpine climbs

On a sunny, windless morning at Punakaiki, the seaward horizon and the bush-heavy inland hills are free of cloud. A decent swell butts up against headlands to the north and south of the small settlement. It’s early, which means the usual queues of campervans and tourist buses, not to mention the over-friendly sandflies, are yet […]
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