Silver Peaks, Silver Peaks Scenic Reserve

April 2012

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April 2012

Looking north from Rocky Ridge. Photo: David Barnes
The Silver Peaks may be a small range but it’s provided weekend wilderness opportunities to generations of Dunedin trampers. Encroaching forestry blocks to the east and west mean the tramping area is not as extensive as it once was. A fine fight by the tramping fraternity in the 1980s led to the core of the […]

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