Big Hut provides easy access to the unique landscape of the Rock and Pillar Range. Photo: Ray Salisbury

Big Hut, Rock and Pillar Conservation Area

June 2022

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Among the diverse tramping destinations in Aotearoa, there’s nothing quite like the gently rolling tussock plateaux of Central Otago. The Rock and Pillar Range is perhaps the most accessible and the finest to photograph.

The Rock and Pillar Range runs parallel with the coast, only an hour’s drive from Dunedin. A demanding access route begins from Glencreag Station on the patchwork of Strath Taieri Plain. It’s a few clicks from the tiny town of Middlemarch, known as the terminus of the latent Taieri Gorge Railway and the start of […]
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Ray Salisbury

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Ray Salisbury

Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.

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