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POTERITERI TRACK

17/11/2020

 
Fiordland National Park, Southland​
November 2020
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LOOKING ACROSS LAKE HAUROKO TO THE PRINCESS RANGE
​Once again, members of Permolat Southland have been cutting tracks in Fiordland – this time the Poteriteri Track. This track goes through lowland forest between Lake Teal Hut and Lake Poteriteri Hut in the southern part of the national park, crossing a low, forested ridge en route.

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LARRIKIN CREEK HUT RENOVATION

13/11/2020

 
Kahurangi National Park, Murchison
October 2020
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LARRIKIN CREEK HUT DWARFED BY THE HAYSTACK
Nestled beside a strip of beech trees beneath the looming limestone bluffs of the Haystack, Larrikin Creek Hut occupies a striking valley head in what could only be Kahurangi National Park. Nearby lies the bluff-fringed Hundred Acre Plateau, also known as the Devils Dining Table.

Built in the 1970s, the standard 4-bunk S81 ex-Forest Service hut featured flat galvanised iron cladding, a corrugated iron roof and water tank. Unlike many other similar huts, it had retained its original open fireplace and steel chimney.

While in reasonably sound condition, damp had crept into the walls beside the fireplace, there was no woodshed, the window frames were deteriorating, and the hut needed re-painting and a general tidy-up. 

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