Bags packed, ready to go
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Crossing a landslip early on
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Ferny flats to cross
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Rachel on the swingbridge over Lawrence Stream
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Belltown-Mananui Hut
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Weka fight 1
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Weka fight 2
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Little Wanganui River
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Lovely forest and section of track
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Crossing one of the many streams
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Emerging from the jungle on a rough section of track
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South Island robin
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Looking downriver
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The dominant impression of the forest was green!
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Above the bushline, heading for Little Wanganui Saddle
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The larger Saddle Lake - not that you can see it!
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Rachel above Saddle Lake
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The cloud lifts completely, if briefly
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Descending to Stag Flat
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Beautiful forest on the descent to Stag Flat
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Stag Flat and Zetland Basin
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View from Taipo Hut
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Trees and moss
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Where is the track?
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