Browning Hut via Pelorus Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park

December 2020

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December 2020

One of the many swing bridges that criss-cross the Pelorus River. Photo: Keri Algar
East to west across the Richmonds Great pleasure and satisfaction are to be taken from walking over a dividing range. The Pelorus Track leads up its eponymous river valley and over the Bryant Range before dropping into the Aniseed Valley on Nelson’s side. The Te Hoiere/Pelorus River is a pretty river whose green-hued swimming holes […]

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