Gouland Downs, 26 - 29 December 2015

A brief visit on the Heaphy Track, photographing flora and fauna.

Day 1: From Brown Hut to Perry Saddle and Gouland Downs Hut.
Day 2: Gouland Downs Hut to Saxon Hut.
Day 3: Saxon Hut to Perry Saddle Hut, with side trips up the Three Pointer and Mount Perry, and into the Gouland Downs caves.
Day 4: Perry Saddle Hut to Brown Hut and car park.

Trip map. 1 grid square = 1km. Left click on map then select "Sizes -> Original" in bottom right corner of screen to view full size.
Route map for the climb of Mt Inaccessible from Perry Saddle Hut. Compiled by Henriette Beikirch.
Route map for the walk from Saxon Hut to the Ministry of Works Hut. Compiled by Henriette Beikirch.
Brown Hut
Gouland Downs Brown Hut Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping hut
Brown Hut
Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping Brown Hut hut
Flanagans Corner, Heaphy Track.
Gouland Downs 151 Flanagans Corner Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping sign
View of Mount Inaccessible and Mount Gouland across Saddle Creek from Lookout Point, Heaphy Track.
Gouland Downs 152 Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Lookout Point Mount Gouland Mount Inaccessible New Zealand Tramping
View of the Dragons Teeth and Anatoki Peak (Douglas Range) from Lookout Point, Heaphy Track.
Gouland Downs 153 Anatoki Peak Douglas Range Dragons Teeth Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Lookout Point New Zealand Tramping
Gouland Downs and Percy Peak
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Gouland Downs and Percy Peak
Gouland Downs 208a Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Percy Peak Tramping
Gouland Downs Hut, Heaphy Track.
Gouland Downs 273 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Hut Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping hut
Gouland Downs Hut, Heaphy Track
Gouland Downs 550 Gallirallus australis Gouland Downs Hut Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping sign weka
Cave wētā / tokoriro (Miotopus richardsae). Gouland Downs Caves, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave cave weta cave wētā caves insect tokoriro Miotopus Fauna Miotopus richardsi
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 561 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves concretions
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 564 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves concretions stalactite stalagmite stalagmites
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 566 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves concretions stalactite stalagmite stalagmites
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 567 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves concretions stalactite stalagmite stalagmites
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 572 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves concretions
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 576 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves concretions
Big River
Gouland Downs 655 Big River Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping
Big River
Gouland Downs 657 Big River Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping
Big River
Gouland Downs 658 Big River Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping
Big River
Gouland Downs 660 Big River Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping
Saxon Hut from the summit of Three Pointer
Gouland Downs 761 Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Saxon Hut Three Pointer Tramping hut
Saxon Hut and the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
Gouland Downs 765 Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Saxon Hut Three Pointer Tramping hut
Saxon Hut and the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
Gouland Downs 777 Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Saxon Hut Three Pointer Tramping hut
View of the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
Gouland Downs 784a Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Saxon Hut Three Pointer Tramping hut
Saxon Hut and the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
Gouland Downs 786 Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Saxon Hut Three Pointer Tramping hut
In the Gouland Downs
Gouland Downs 804 DoC ranger DoC uniform Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping scrub bar
In the Gouland Downs
Gouland Downs 810 DoC ranger DoC uniform Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping scrub bar
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 813 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 815 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 817 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves
Gouland Downs Caves
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Gouland Downs Caves
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Gouland Downs Caves - there's quite an updraft!
Gouland Downs 832 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves
Gouland Downs Caves
Gouland Downs 839 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Caves Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand Tramping cave caves
View east from Mount Perry. Mount Olympus is in the foreground. The Lead Hills are back left, while the Dragons Teeth are on the far right.
Gouland Downs 863 Dragons Teeth Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Lead Hills Mount Olympus Mount Perry New Zealand Tramping
View down the Aorere River from the summit of Mount Perry. Farewell Spit is visible in the far back.
Gouland Downs 864 Aorere River Farewell Spit Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Mount Perry New Zealand Tramping
On top of Mount Perry
Gouland Downs 866 Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Mount Perry New Zealand Tramping
On top of Mount Perry
Gouland Downs 878 Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Mount Perry New Zealand Tramping
View of the Douglas Range from Mount Perry. The Dragons Teeth are on the left; Aorere Peak (Peel Range) is on the right. Kakapo Peak is in the far back.
Gouland Downs 880 Anatoki Peak Aorere Peak Douglas Range Dragons Teeth Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Kakapo Peak Mount Perry New Zealand Peel Range Tramping
Sunset on Mount Perry
Gouland Downs 881 Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Mount Perry New Zealand Sunset Tramping
Resupplying Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track.
Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi National Park New Zealand R44 helicopter Perry Saddle Perry Saddle Hut
Resupplying Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track.
Gouland Downs Heaphy Track Kahurangi National Park New Zealand R44 helicopter Perry Saddle Perry Saddle Hut
Perry Saddle Hut. Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
Gouland Downs 1171 Heaphy Track Kahurangi National Park Perry Saddle Perry Saddle Hut hut
Perry Saddle Hut. Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
Gouland Downs 1173 Heaphy Track Kahurangi National Park Perry Saddle Perry Saddle Hut hut
Crystal at work in Gouland Downs Hut
Gouland Downs 1347 Gouland Downs Gouland Downs Hut Heaphy Track Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park New Zealand