Secreted in the excoriated ravines of the upper Havelock River is the tiny Agony Island and Eric Bivouac. The rustic four-bunk hut belongs to the Canterbury Mountaineering Club and was built some 80 years ago to facilitate climbing and exploration in this inhospitable fastness. Though it lies on Christchurch’s back door, it may as well […]
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