Wandering the Wangapeka tops

March 2014

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March 2014

On the tops above John Reid Hut. Photo: Pat Barrett
Heat shimmers over the river bed of the Wangapeka as Tim Hayward and I walk the final kilometres to Chummies Track under a flawless blue sky. The track climbs over a long bushy spur to John Reid Hut, set in a tussock basin at 1260m on the flanks of the Arthur Range and it’s looking […]
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