Gouland Downs, 26 - 29 December 2015
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.
Flanagans Corner, Heaphy Track.
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View of Mount Inaccessible and Mount Gouland across Saddle Creek from Lookout Point, Heaphy Track.
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View of the Dragons Teeth and Anatoki Peak (Douglas Range) from Lookout Point, Heaphy Track.
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Gouland Downs and Percy Peak
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Gouland Downs and Percy Peak
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Gouland Downs Hut, Heaphy Track.
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Gouland Downs Hut, Heaphy Track
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Miotopus richardsae). Gouland Downs Caves, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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Saxon Hut from the summit of Three Pointer
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Saxon Hut and the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
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Saxon Hut and the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
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View of the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
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Saxon Hut and the Gouland Downs from the summit of Three Pointer
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Gouland Downs Caves - there's quite an updraft!
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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.
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View down the Aorere River from the summit of Mount Perry. Farewell Spit is visible in the far back.
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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.
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Resupplying Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track.
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Resupplying Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track.
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Perry Saddle Hut. Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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Perry Saddle Hut. Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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Crystal at work in Gouland Downs Hut
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