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June 2015

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June 2015

Percy Burn viaduct and hut. Photo: David Barnes
Percy Burn Hut, Fiordland National Park   For me, the Waitutu Forest was a case of love at first sight. A big trip here in 1982, which encompassed the tops of the Hump Ridge, Wairaurahiri Valley’s towering forests and dark mysterious river, the history of Port Craig and its tramway, and the beaches of Te […]

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