Nearby
North West Circuit
Rakiura Track
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3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track.
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Distance: less than 100m away
An historic walk through almost deserted, pure podocarp forest.
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Yankee River
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Distance: less than 100m away
Beutiful spot. Could hear Yelloweyed penguins calling in the bush on the other side of the river but couldnt get ...
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Freshwater Landing Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Site of water taxi pickups up the Freshwater River in and out of Halfmoon Bay. Good tent sites in area ...
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Relaxing at Long Harry Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
Making a cuppa while the socks are drying... Comfortable hut!
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Long Harry Hut (palace)
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Location, location, location. Gorgeous hut in incredibly picturesque setting above cliffs with accessible beaches.
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Yankee River Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
Looking past the Yankee River hut towards the beach. The hut sits in a nice, sheltered area, its just a ...
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Sunrise at Bungaree Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
View from the bunk at Bungaree Hut - looks like rain today!
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Mason Bay Kiwi
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Distance: less than 100m away
Completely unfazed by the humans looking at it, this kiwi spent a couple of minutes strolling across the lawn at ...
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Nicest Hut Ever
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Distance: less than 100m away
Mason Bay hut. Sun, sand, surf, a mowed lawn for spreading wet gear out on and a fresh water creek ...
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Bungaree Hut- looking out on the bay
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Distance: less than 100m away
View from the Bungaree Hut, a classic, compact hut.
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Chain sculpture at Lee Bay
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Distance: less than 100m away
This sculpture marks the official entrance to Rakiura National Park. It was made by Russell Beck and has a twin ...
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Hair Driers Only
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Distance: less than 100m away
At last, somewhere I can plug mine into! Someone has a sence of humour at Long Harry hut.
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Port William Hut, North West Circuit, Stewart Island
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Distance: less than 100m away
One of the huts on the easy Rakiura Trail, with a generous kitchen-lounge area and two separate bunkrooms. Look out ...
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Port William
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Distance: less than 100m away
Jetty at the Port William Hut on the Rakiura Track
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Yankee River Beach
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Distance: less than 100m away
Trying to spot yellow-eyed penguins from the rocky river bank.
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Hellfire Pass Sand dune
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Distance: 102m away
At Hellfire Pass you are actually standing ontop of a sand dune 220 metres tall stretching a kilometer inland. This ...
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Hellfire Pass View
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Distance: 102m away
Taken from the top of the pass looking North East towards Codfish Island.
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North Arm campsite
Campsite
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Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 4 spaces.
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Distance: 150m away
Camping under forest near North Arm Hut on the Rakiura Track.
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Beach near Long Harry Hut
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Distance: 169m away
Great wild coastline here, massive waves rolling in. Great driftwood, some huge flat rocks to clamber over and there is ...
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Yankee River Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16.
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Distance: 174m away
Yankee River hut
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Cave at Long Harry Point
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Distance: 187m away
This sea cave goes right through under the point. Easily accessible from the Western end if the tides out, you ...
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Christmas Village Beach
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Distance: 202m away
Taken a short distance from Christmas Village hut, looking South. A good place to spend a couple of nights with ...
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North Arm Hut
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Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.Bookings required.
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Distance: 219m away
Hut on the Rakiura Track at North Arm on Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island.
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Stewart Island's North West Circuit
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Distance: 241m away
A report of my tramp around the North West Circuit, November 2011. A personal account of a 'mature' tramper, with ...
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Rock formation at Long Harry Point
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Distance: 275m away
You can access these rocks either by scrambing down to the Eastern beach at Long Harry, or by pushing through ...
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Port William campsite
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Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 4 spaces.
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Distance: 300m away
Grassy campsite at Magnetic Beach near Port William Hut on the Rakiura Track.
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Port William Hut
Hut
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Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.Bookings required.
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Distance: 308m away
Hut at Magnetic Beach, Port William, Stewart Island. This is the first hut on the Rakiura Track.
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Port William Hut
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Distance: 308m away
Port William Hut is all that remains of the settlement. Well-situated above a beach with short walks nearby. Must book ...
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Kiwi bones
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Distance: 343m away
On the last stretch to Long Harry Hut I came across the skeleton of a kiwi, it was hidden in ...
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Bungaree Hut
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Distance: 577m away
Overlooking Big Bungaree Beach, this hut has an idyllic location on the sheltered northern coast of Stewart Island. Easy access ...
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Christmas Village Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 609m away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust near Christmas Village Hut on Stewart Island.
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Rakiura National Park
Place
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National Park. 1570.00km2.
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Distance: 731m away
New Zealand's newest and southernmost park, on Stewart Island.
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Big Hellfire Beach
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Distance: 810m away
Taken from near the foot of the sand dune looking South. The rocks in the middle of the picture are ...
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Mason Bay stretches to the South
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Distance: 1.1km away
The Southern loop carries on that way down the beach.
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Ruggedy Island from East Ruggedy Beach
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Distance: 1.4km away
Moody evening light on East Ruggedy Beach. Just me and the birds out at the end of the day.
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Homestead Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 4.Bookings required.
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Distance: 1.4km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust near Island Hill Homestead on Stewart Island.
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The track is booked out? Try TrekWatch.net
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Distance: 1.5km away
SMS texts directly to your cellphone when a place becomes available. Free of charge!
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East Ruggedy Beach
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Distance: 1.6km away
Not the best picture as my camera lens was wet from a whole day tramping in a thunderstorm. This is ...
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West Ruggedy track
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Distance: 1.7km away
A section of the track heading down from the Ruggedy hut to West Ruggedy beach. You descend down more massive ...
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Long Harry Hut [removed]
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Removed!
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Distance: 1.7km away
Old hut, removed to another location.
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Smoky Beach from the West
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Distance: 1.8km away
Taken from the extreme western end just before entering the bush and looking East down the beach. Fording Smoky creek ...
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West Ruggedy Beach
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Distance: 1.9km away
The windswept West Ruggedy Beach on Stewart Island's North West Circuit.
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Martins Creek Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 4.Bookings required.
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Distance: 2.0km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust near Mason Bay Hut on Stewart Island.
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Approaching Smokey Beach
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Distance: 2.0km away
This is the first north-west facing beach and its quite different from the sheltered Eastern beaches, far more exposed and ...
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Maori Beach
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Distance: 2.1km away
Estuary at the end of Maori Beach, Rakiura Track, Stewart Island.
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Maori Beach
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0 – 2 days. Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 2.1km away
Coastal forest, beaches, and estuaries on the beginning of Stewart Island's Rakiura Track
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Lagoon at Maori Bay, Stewart Island
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Distance: 2.2km away
The first large empty beach on the North West Circuit, with a nice swingbridge and a small lagoon at the ...
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West Ruggedy Beach
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Distance: 2.2km away
Looking South down the beach towards North Red Head, a typical West Stewart Island beach littered with rocks, driftwood, and ...
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Maori Beach campsite
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Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 4 spaces.
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Distance: 2.2km away
Camping amongst the seaside grasses at Maori Beach. This is the site of an old sawmill, with a rusting steam ...
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Smoky Beach
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Distance: 2.3km away
Taken from the Eastern end, my first taste of the massive sand dunes that exist on Stewart Islands more Western ...
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Hellfire Pass from Rocky Mount
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Distance: 2.5km away
Looking West from Rocky Mount gives you a vista over the huge swamp that is the interior of Stewart Island. ...
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Mt Anglem from the track
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Distance: 2.5km away
About the best shot of the moutain I got. 15 minutes after this was taken clouds roled in from the ...
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Murray Beach
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Distance: 2.6km away
Dropped the pack on a large boulder at the start of Murray Beach, a very nice bush-lines sheltered beach, typical ...
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Mason Bay from Rocky Mount
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Distance: 2.6km away
An hour long scramble from Freshwater Hut gets you up to Rocky Mount and at 550 metres its gives you ...
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Great Walks Information
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Distance: 2.7km away
The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand.
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Windblown manuka at Smokey Beach
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Distance: 2.7km away
Roaming around the dunes here, you come across some nice scenes.
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Giant Sand dunes at Smoky Beach
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Distance: 2.7km away
Taken from one of the tall Eastern ones looking West.
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Foveaux Strait from Mt Anglem
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Distance: 2.8km away
Looking North East towards the South Island and Bluff Hill.
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Southern Circuit
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4 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 2.9km away
An isolated loop track that connects with Stewart Island's famous North West Circuit. Side tracks climb Mount Rakeahua (681m) and ...
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Drop off at Masons Bay
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Distance: 2.9km away
Getting dropped off at Masons Bay is a great idea
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Smoky Beach
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Distance: 2.9km away
Descenting to the sand dunes on Smoky Beach, Stewart Island.
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Murray Beach
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Distance: 2.9km away
Looking Northwest up the beach, Little Mt Anglem in background.
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Signpost in the dunes at Smokey Beach
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Distance: 2.9km away
The first dune route of the trail, makes a nice change from all the bush tracks.
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Mason Bay looking south,evening,at Ernest Islands.
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Distance: 3.0km away
Stewart Island.Taken close to Cavalier Creek where we`d stayed at one of the hunters` huts.Great place to spend time-exploring,watching,collecting,photograghing,thinking.South of ...
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Lunch up the trail from Murray Beach
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Distance: 3.1km away
Highest point of the old timber trail. Very muddy around here.
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Stewart Island Interior
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Distance: 3.2km away
Taken from the ridge an hour South East of Hellfire Pass, looking East inland to what is basically one giant ...
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Murray River Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 4.1km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at the northern end of Murray Beach on Stewart Island / ...
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Windshorn trees at Lucky Beach
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Distance: 4.1km away
Guess it gets a bit windy here. There were numerous trees and scrub here with wind damage.
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Mt Anglem lake
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Distance: 4.3km away
The lake near the top of Mt Anglem. Literally about 10 seconds after this shot was taken the cloud descended ...
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Codfish Island
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Distance: 4.5km away
Taken from a lookout point on the Ruggedy Mountains.
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View of Codfish Island,on Stewart Is.Ernest Is and Mason Bay in foreground.
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Distance: 4.6km away
Keeping away from the maddening crowd as much as possible,we headed down to Doughboy Bay.Paradise.Watched kiwi and did a little ...
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One of the natives(kiwi)
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Distance: 4.6km away
Kiwi can be seen,commonly,by day,consequence of a lack of predators.Imagine my surprise,when emerging from our tent site in the manuka ...
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Mason Bay from the North
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Distance: 5.1km away
Descending down off the hill above Mason Head offers a great vista of the intire length of Mason Bay, one ...
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Little Hellfire Beach
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Distance: 5.5km away
Ironically quite a bit bigger then Big Hellfire Beach, this is looking South down the beach. The other side of ...
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Stewart Island Swamp
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Distance: 5.6km away
This one is thankfully boardwalked. Heading North East across the middle of the island the track leaves the massive sand ...
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Mason Bay
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Distance: 5.7km away
Mason Bay, on the North West Circuit track, Stewart Island. taken December 2003.
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Fred's Camp Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10.
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Distance: 5.9km away
Fred's camp hut. On the shore of Paterson Inlet.
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Cavalier Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 4.Bookings required.
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Distance: 6.0km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at the southern end of Mason Bay on Stewart Island.
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Southwest Arm Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 6.4km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust opposite Freds Camp in South West Arm on Stewart Island. Just ...
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Abrahams Bay Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 7.2km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Abrahams Bay, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island.
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Hapuatuna Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 7.3km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Hapuatuna Bay, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island.
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North Big Glory Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 7.4km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at the mouth of Big Glory Bay, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island.
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Rakeahua River Campsite
Campsite
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Backcountry Campsite (DOC). 2 spaces.
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Distance: 8.6km away
On track from Doughboy Hill to the Rakeahua Hut. Approx 3 and a half hours from Rakeahua Hut right beside ...
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Little Glory Hunters Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required.
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Distance: 9.6km away
Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Glory Cove, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island.
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