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Paparoa Track

Moonlight Tops Hut

Hut servicing the Paparoa Track, located above the treeline on the Paparoa Range.   More ▶︎

Pororari Hut

Hut servicing the Paparoa Track, located on a low ridge between the catchments of the Pororari and Punakaiki Rivers.   More ▶︎
Ces Clark Hut

Ces Clark Hut

This hut on the Paparoa Track was constructed in 1986. It is named after NZ Forest Service Ranger Ces Clark ...   More ▶︎
Ces Clark hut 2010

Ces Clark hut 2010

Partial view of hut. Looking NE toward Moonlight Creek headwaters.   More ▶︎
Ces Clark hut Aug 2010

Ces Clark hut Aug 2010

A nice hut with good views. Built in 1986 & situated just above the bushline. It is just above the ...   More ▶︎
Paparoa Range tops above Moonlight Creek July 2011

Paparoa Range tops above Moonlight Creek July 2011

This pic was taken off point 1104m on the crest of the Paparoa Range and looks ENE. The foreground ridge ...   More ▶︎
Croesus Top Hut

Croesus Top Hut

The hut that was superceeded by the Ces Clark Memorial hut. Top Hut is still there & sits just below the ...   More ▶︎
Ces Clarke Hut

Ces Clarke Hut

12-bunk, architecturally designed cosy cabin overlooking the Grey River valley. Positioned at the southern end of the rugged Paparoa National ...   More ▶︎
Pororari River Track

Pororari River Track

An easy stroll along the banks of the beautiful Pororari River.   More ▶︎
Paparoa National Park

Paparoa National Park

A land of cliffs, gorges, caves, and disappearing rivers, draped in rich coastal forest.   More ▶︎
Ces Clark Hut

Ces Clark Hut

a serviced 16 bunk hut with coal burner on Croesus track   More ▶︎
Croesus Track

Croesus Track

An easy route onto the alpine landscape of the Paparoa Ranges along an historic mining road.   More ▶︎
Pororari River

Pororari River

This river at Punakaiki is popular with canoes, and has an easy walking track.   More ▶︎
Meikles Hut

Meikles Hut

Meikles hut is derelict, and a DOC sign warns, "Building unsafe. No Entry." The first Meikles Hut was an historic ...   More ▶︎
Meikles hut July 2011

Meikles hut July 2011

This pic is taken from the short branch track off the Moonlight track as you approach the hut from below. ...   More ▶︎
Croesus Knob

Croesus Knob

from top of Cresus knob, about 45 min walk from Ces Clark hut   More ▶︎
alpine & glennj in head of Ten Mile Creek, Paparoa Range

alpine & glennj in head of Ten Mile Creek, Paparoa Range

This Dec 2012 pic shows a couple of Croesus area vets outside a mine adit (tunnel entrance) on the NW ...   More ▶︎
Pancake Rocks

Pancake Rocks

The famous Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki. The alternating layers of limestone and mudstone are formed in a process called stylobedding.   More ▶︎
Garden Gully Hut

Garden Gully Hut

Sign on the door begging respect.   More ▶︎
Garden Gully hut July 2011

Garden Gully hut July 2011

Garden Gully hut a couple of days after a snowfall.   More ▶︎
Garden Gully Hut

Garden Gully Hut

Sack bunks,calico windows, pretty basic. This is a reconstructed/replica "Depression Era" miners hut. Back in the 70's this hut was totally ...   More ▶︎
Garden Gully hut Aug 2010

Garden Gully hut Aug 2010

A replica miners hut built on the site of an old miners camp. It is a few minutes along the ...   More ▶︎

Truman Track

Short walk at Punakaiki.   More ▶︎
Truman Track

Truman Track

Visit coastal platforms and caves near Punakaiki.   More ▶︎
Wild coastline at the end of the Truman Track

Wild coastline at the end of the Truman Track

The short track passes through coastal podocarp forest, harakeke scrub, coastal herbfields, and down to a sculpted gravel beach.   More ▶︎
Meikles hut Moonlight track July 2011

Meikles hut Moonlight track July 2011

This historic hut is derelict. Some people still use it as a place to stop for a boil up using ...   More ▶︎
Garden Gully Stamper Battery Sept 2012

Garden Gully Stamper Battery Sept 2012

This battery which crushed quartz to enable the extraction of gold is a few minutes beyond Garden Gully hut. A ...   More ▶︎
Inland Pack Track

Inland Pack Track

A beautiful historic route through a coastal karst environment. Gorges, caves, waterfalls, subterranean rivers, sink-holes, swimming, and camping beneath a ...   More ▶︎
Dolomite Point Walk

Dolomite Point Walk

The famous Punakaiki Pancake Rocks. Blowholes, sea cliffs.   More ▶︎
Formerly the Knobby Ridge biv Oct 2011

Formerly the Knobby Ridge biv Oct 2011

We saw this biv when emerging from the Inland Pack Track on to the farm track that runs beside the ...   More ▶︎
Former Knobby Ridge Biv

Former Knobby Ridge Biv

Originally located on Knobby Ridge, overlooking the Hokitika Gorge, this biv was removed by DOC for a radio base station ...   More ▶︎
Sunset, Pancake Rocks

Sunset, Pancake Rocks

The Pancake Rocks are layers of limestone where impurities have separated out into horizontal seams -- a process known as ...   More ▶︎
Taffy Battery Ten Mile Creek Dec 2017

Taffy Battery Ten Mile Creek Dec 2017

I located the battery remains last month after tramping in from the Croesus Track Smoke Ho carpark near Blackball. The ...   More ▶︎
Croesus Track, Knob etc Sept 2012

Croesus Track, Knob etc Sept 2012

This photo looks westward from Point 1074m on the tops dividing the Moonlight & Croesus tracks. You can see the ...   More ▶︎
Large cairn beside the Moonlight track Sept 2012

Large cairn beside the Moonlight track Sept 2012

This pic shows JH posing beside a large cairn next to the Moonlight track. The cairn sits on and is ...   More ▶︎
From Mt Watson

From Mt Watson

This autumn morning photo shows the remains of one of the old trig beacons on Mt Watson and looks out ...   More ▶︎
Mt Leitch Bivvy Sept 2015

Mt Leitch Bivvy Sept 2015

This bivvy is situated in the tussock near the bush edge high on the western flank of Mt Leitch in ...   More ▶︎
NE from Mt Hawera - Paparoa Range

NE from Mt Hawera - Paparoa Range

This photo was taken from a little NE of the the summit of Hawera (1190m) and looks NE toward Mts ...   More ▶︎
Cave Creek / Kotihotiho Track

Cave Creek / Kotihotiho Track

Scenic walk to the resurgence of Cave Creek.   More ▶︎
Cave Creek

Cave Creek

Cave Creek emerges out of the ground and connects up with the Pororari River.   More ▶︎
Impressive Beehive Cairn Paparoa Range

Impressive Beehive Cairn Paparoa Range

My photo doesn't do the cairn justice. This beehive shaped cairn is about 2 metres high. From the north it ...   More ▶︎
Cloud across Paparoa from camp on Bovis

Cloud across Paparoa from camp on Bovis

Oh Tangaroa, what my eyes tell me is that today is another show off day...(Tuwhare)   More ▶︎
Mt Bovis

Mt Bovis

Tarn at 1020m elevation, south of peak Topomap BS20 coord. 751 359   More ▶︎
Mount Bovis

Mount Bovis

Day trip to a 1252m summit off the Paparoa Range behind Bullock Creek farm.   More ▶︎
View SE from Mt Bovis August 2011

View SE from Mt Bovis August 2011

This pic shows the fallen down trig on the summit of Bovis and looks in a south easterly direction toward ...   More ▶︎
Fox River Caves

Fox River Caves

Deep caves in the wall of a limestone gorge.   More ▶︎
Te Ana o Matuku Cave

Te Ana o Matuku Cave

Teorumata Cave at the mouth of the Fox River is carved out of Hawk's Crag breccia.   More ▶︎
Te Ana o Matuku Cave

Te Ana o Matuku Cave

An historic cave on the Paparoa National Park coastline.   More ▶︎
Ballroom, Fox River

Ballroom, Fox River

Walk through a spectacular limestone gorge, visit caves, and camp under a massive rock overhang.   More ▶︎
Fox River Cave

Fox River Cave

Bring a strong torch to explore this cave.   More ▶︎
Soda straws, Fox River Cave

Soda straws, Fox River Cave

A soda straw is left behind by drops of water. Just before the water falls, it forms a hollow shape ...   More ▶︎