the west coast has hidden surprises - natural hot pools just outside the hut!
welcome flats tramp: 34km




and then there was the 50km of hitch-hiking to the road end.
mount aspiring national park: 23km + 1000m vertical above the bushline




to stewart island on an 8 seater plane (i sat next to the pilot!) and to a place where the forest has never been touched since the dawning of time!
rakiura track: 36km