Richmond Range Walk
Day 1 - Dun Mountain Walkway to Rocks Hut
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Above - Albert on the Dun Mountain Walkway - which follows to formation
of an old mining horse drawn railway - so it climbs at a gentle grade
Above - about half way up we arrive at the Top House Hut - a good place
for a break
Above - Manuka (or Kanuka?) in flower
Above - Looking back down to Tasman Bay
Above - Albert continues up the walkway
Above - Albert on the walkway with Mt Richmond behind
Above - near Coppermine Saddle
Above - Lichen on these mineralised boulders
Above - near Dun Saddle - we head off along the Bryant Range to Rocks
Hut
Above - on the way we pass through a section of the range where the
ground is too mineralised to support plants
Above - further along - various native podocarps
Above - Toatoa - Celery Pine
Above - another native pine
Above - juvenile Lancewood
Above - Rocks Hut
Above - Silver Beech
Above - ferns
Above - Drachophylum
Above - Weclimb to a nearby small knoll for sunset. On the left is Mt
Fishtail. On the right is Mt Fell and Mt Richmond
Above - lenticular clouds
Above - Albert admiring the view
Above - Mt Fell and Mt Richmond
Continue to Day 2 - Rocks Hut to Roebuck on the
Pelorus River
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