A week in the valley: Hunter Valley

July 2011

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July 2011

Scrubby Flat Creek is a harder alternative to reach the upper Makarora from Hunter Valley. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Rising on the alps of South Westland, the Hunter River drains a great swathe of the eastern side of the Divide as it flows south through north-west Otago to reach Lake Hawea, a journey of over 50km. It’s what I would call a forgotten valley by virtue of its perceived inaccessibility lying as it does […]
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