The Whanganui River is the main drawcard, but there’s lots more to the national park than the classic Great Walk river journey. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
How do you spend a week in this small park? With a pack, bike and canoe Kathy Ombler has no trouble finding secret gorges, isolated huts, cycle trails and tramping tracks “The river became more and more beautiful. Each bend seemed lovelier than the last. Some places it was so narrow we could just see […]
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Kathy Ombler
Freelance author Kathy Ombler mostly writes about outdoor recreation, natural history and conservation, and has contributed to Wilderness for many years. She has also written and edited for other publications and websites, most recently Federated Mountain Club’s Backcountry, Forest & Bird, and the Backcountry Trust. Books she has authored include Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand, Walking Wellington and New Zealand National Parks and Other Wild Places. She is currently a trustee for Wellington’s Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush Trust.
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