Rolling along the Rakaia

May 2013

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May 2013

View of the Upper Rakaia Gorge with the Mt Hutt Range in the background. Photo: Andrew Lowton
Rakaia Gorge Walkway, Canterbury A sunny summer’s day saw us heading along the Inland Scenic Highway to the Rakaia River. After an hour’s drive we parked up beside the historic Rakaia Gorge Bridge. A plaque informs us that the bridge was completed in 1882 and was built in wrought iron in an unconventional form of […]
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