Trampers among the driftwood at Heaphy Hut. Photo: Shaun Barnett

The greatest of them all?

September 2021

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Shaun Barnett reflects on his various trips on the Heaphy Track over three decades and wonders if it might be the finest of our Great Walks.

Sun, two families, surf crashing onto granite boulders, battalions of nīkau palms standing shoulder-to-shoulder, coarse pink-gold sands, and hazy sea mist. That’s our first memorable day walking the Heaphy Track coastline. Our children –Tom, Lee and Alexia – have grown up with the MacIver family – Louis, Ari, Safi and Remy – whose parents, Juliette […]
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