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Route to Healey Ck hut from Mikonui Flat

Mikonui Flat hut May 2008

Mikonui Flat hut May 2008

This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Flat hut

Mikonui Flat hut

This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ...   More ▶︎
Old shed & beyond. Mikonui Flat July 2010

Old shed & beyond. Mikonui Flat July 2010

This old shed is next to the old homestead on Mikonui Flat. Beyond the shed is the Mikonui River and then ...   More ▶︎
Historic Homestead Mikonui Flat Sept 2007

Historic Homestead Mikonui Flat Sept 2007

This small old farm dwelling is on the TR of the Mikonui flats & is referred to as "The Old ...   More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut May 2008

Healey Creek hut May 2008

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...   More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut

Healey Creek hut

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...   More ▶︎
Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

This photo of Mt Bowen 1965m was taken from near the summit of Fraser Peak 1166m. Both peaks lie between ...   More ▶︎
View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

This picture was taken from the crest of the Bald Hill Range NE of Bald Hill. The tussock and low ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007

Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007

The subject J H & photographer, not me in this case, Horse G are sometimes tramping companions. They, like myself, ...   More ▶︎
Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

This pic is taken from the track on the spur below the biv and looks up past the biv in ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

A pic of the biv with Mt Bowen behind to the SE.   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur Bivvy

Mikonui Spur Bivvy

A traditional forestry bivvy that has braved many a Tasman Sea storm, on an exposed ridge top above the Mikonui ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut & Tuke River headwaters Jan 2012

Dickie Spur hut & Tuke River headwaters Jan 2012

Here is another photo of Dickie Spur hut to go with the one from 1975 that I posted on here. ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur from Healey Spur May 2008

Dickie Spur from Healey Spur May 2008

This photo looks SW across the Tuke River to Dickie Spur and the northern end of Dickie Ridge. If you ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut July 1975

Dickie Spur hut July 1975

This hut is in the scrub tussock transition zone on a spur running east toward the Tuke River off the ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut

Dickie Spur hut

This hut is in the scrub tussock transition zone on a spur running east toward the Tuke River off the ...   More ▶︎
Remarkable Peak

Remarkable Peak

This photo shows Remarkable Peak 1790m in spring conditions. It is the tooth like peak centre picture. The pic was ...   More ▶︎
Black Hut Totara Valley & beyond

Black Hut Totara Valley & beyond

This July shot taken from beside the Totara Valley road shows Black Hut. The higher country in the back ground ...   More ▶︎
Looking SW along the Bald Hill Range June 2013

Looking SW along the Bald Hill Range June 2013

This photo shows the easy tussock tops of the Bald Hill Range. Bald Hill is the tussocky high point down ...   More ▶︎
SI Bush Robin

SI Bush Robin

This friendly bird kept me company at Explorer hut the couple of nights I was there recently. It would come ...   More ▶︎
Explorer Hut

Explorer Hut

A small hut located near Douglas Saddle. Easiest access is from the Mikonui valley. None of the routes are recommended in ...   More ▶︎
Explorer hut Sept 2007

Explorer hut Sept 2007

Explorer hut Douglas Saddle. Mikonui River/Doctors Creek (a tributary of the Hokitika River)   More ▶︎
Healey Spur Feb 2014

Healey Spur Feb 2014

This photo shows the last steep bit of Healey Spur before reaching the relatively easy going of Galena Ridge at ...   More ▶︎
Which Way?

Which Way?

I would suggest staying away from the flood route unless you have to as its very steep and long!   More ▶︎
Typical track on the tramp

Typical track on the tramp

The typical looking track on the tramp, if there has been rain/or is raining expect to get a bit of ...   More ▶︎
View of the hills that lead to the huts

View of the hills that lead to the huts

the crossing is slightly to the left of the middle   More ▶︎
Toaroha river

Toaroha river

on the way to Cedar Flat   More ▶︎
On the track to Cedar Flat

On the track to Cedar Flat

crossing the first creek   More ▶︎
Cedar Flat

Cedar Flat

track beginning   More ▶︎
Historic Cedar Flats Hut

Historic Cedar Flats Hut

A well maintained old hut. 2 bunks   More ▶︎
Cedar Flats Hot Springs

Cedar Flats Hot Springs

Perfect hot springs in a secluded hokitika valley. Holds upto 6 people.   More ▶︎
Ceadar Flats Hut

Ceadar Flats Hut

Easter 2012   More ▶︎
Ceadar Flats Hut

Ceadar Flats Hut

New Hut Re Build Completed Easter 2012   More ▶︎
Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

This photo taken from beside the trig beacon on the summit of Mt Diedrichs 1084m looks SW over the Hokitika ...   More ▶︎
Polluck Creek hut Sept 2007

Polluck Creek hut Sept 2007

This hut is situated on a low terrace on the TR of the Kakapotahi River 700 metres above the junction ...   More ▶︎
Polluck Creek hut Jan 2012

Polluck Creek hut Jan 2012

A recent pic from a different angle to go with the existing photo of the hut on this site. Polluck Creek ...   More ▶︎
Polluck Creek hut

Polluck Creek hut

This hut is situated on a low terrace on the TR of the Kakapotahi River 700 metres above the junction ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur

Dickie Spur

A perfect day on the Dickie Spur above the Mikonui River, looking towards Okarito   More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut March 2012

Top Tuke hut March 2012

Here is a photo of this hut from a different angle than the 1975 one I posted and "major's" one ...   More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut Dec 1975

Top Tuke hut Dec 1975

This four bunk hut is located on the TR in the head basin of the Tuke River a tributary of ...   More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut

Top Tuke hut

This four bunk hut is located on the TR in the head basin of the Tuke River a tributary of ...   More ▶︎
Battery at Cedar Creek Reefs June 2018

Battery at Cedar Creek Reefs June 2018

This photo was taken not far from the Mt Greenland Hut and illustrates just one of the many relics associated ...   More ▶︎
Mt Greenland Hut

Mt Greenland Hut

This four bunk hut was built by a mineral prospecting outfit circa 1980. (Consolidated Traders, Mining Division) Around 2001 it ...   More ▶︎
Mt Greenland Hut

Mt Greenland Hut

A 4 bunker dating back to about 1980. A previous Mt Greenland Hut built 1903 in a different location closer ...   More ▶︎
Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012

Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012

This pic looks at Mt Beaumont from the south and was taken from the crest of the Lange Range while ...   More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle

route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ...   More ▶︎
Mt Greenland trig

Mt Greenland trig

I visited this trig beacon recently during cloudy weather. Whilst the views were no good from the hill top in ...   More ▶︎