Lake Sylvester Hut is reached in 2hr – the many lakes are a bit further on. Photo: Ray Salisbury

The best trip on Topo50 map BP24 –Tasman

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A tour of Kahurangi’s seven Diamond Lakes.

This topo map is layered with human history. Surveyors, gold prospectors, asbestos miners, forest rangers, deer hunters and hydro workers all came to love this neck of the woods – particularly the lovely Cobb River that trickles along the wide, glaciated valley, bounded by the Peel and Lockett Ranges. My forefathers built the area’s first […]
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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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