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June 2014

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June 2014

Tarn Ridge Hut Basil Blatchford grave. Photo: Shaun Barnett
The outdoors can be a dangerous place at times. Here are four memorials to fallen trampers On a recent trip to the Orongorongo Valley, we followed an old section of track which passes through a fine stand of hard beech. There, among the trees, is a concrete block with a clover leaf-shaped plaque. It reads: […]
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