Undercover track cutters

January 2016

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January 2016

Frank and Honora spend weeks of a year clearing tracks to huts.
Frank King and Honora Renwick, cutting tracks into the back of beyond It’s hard to pin down exactly what changes an entire culture. But there’s a fair argument to suggest two keen trampers operating under the radar have done more than their bit to change the mindset of DOC. Two decades ago, the department felt […]
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