Caples - Greenstone Circuit
Day 5 - McKellar Hut to Greenstone Hut
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Above - Chuin Nee and John on the swing bridge over the Greenstone near McKellar Hut
Above - red rocks
Above - strawberry fungus
Above - strawberry fungus
Above - strawberry fungus
Above - Chuin Nee on the track!
Above - more red rocks
Above - The Greenstone River
Above - red rocks
Above - John
Above - side creek
Above - Ah ha! This is where the ball like strawberry fungus comes from
- it grows on the beech trees and the balls fall to the forest floor.
Above - Red Beech
Above - fallen Red Beech leaves
Above - John
Above - scree
Above - The Greenstone River
Above - The Greenstone River
Above - The Greenstone River enters this section of gorge - a bit like the ones on the Caples.
Above - Chuin Nee on the swing bridge over Steele Creek
Above - The Greenstone River
Above - tussocks
Above - Chuin Nee
Above - The Greenstone River
Above - We arrive at the spacious and newish Greenstone Hut
Later we head back down the track back to a gorge that is crossed near the hut. The Greenstone River flows through the gorge
We then head off along another track to get some more views
Above - Chuin Nee photographing
Above - ferns
Above - the spider webs that wrap up the bushes (see Day 1) are homes to multitudes of tiny baby spiders
Above - back in the hut - Chuin Nee cuts up some cheese for our evening meal
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