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The junction with the Toe Toe Track provides an excellent view over the Manawatū. Photo: Anna Sophia
Only twenty minutes’ drive from Palmerston North, the Sledge Track was created from one man’s vision and thousands of hours of volunteer work. By Anna Sophia Local farmer Ian Argyle was the driving force behind the track to Platinum Mines, in April 2003. As a young man, taking stock through the valley, he would stop […]
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