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Dean T.: Setting off on the Hump Ridge Track
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Dean T.: Low tide makes for easy walking
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Dean T.: Tonight's destination is up there
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Dean T.: The track leaves the beach and heads into the forest
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Dean T.: Lush forest
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Dean T.: Waikoko Stream crossing
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Dean T.: Slowly ascending with some glimpses of the Hump Ridge
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Dean T.: Boardwalk
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Dean T.: Another suspension bridge
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Dean T.: Mossy forest
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Dean T.: At this bridge you drop an old pot down into the creek to fill up your water bottle
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Dean T.: Very green
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Dean T.: Deep in the ferns
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Dean T.: The long climb uphill
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Dean T.: Old man's beard territory
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Dean T.: Okaka Lodge comes into view
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Dean T.: Sweeping views from Stag Point
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Dean T.: Distant mountains visible from Stag Point
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Dean T.: Stewart Island on the horizon
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Dean T.: Stag Point panorama
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Dean T.: Stag Point
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Dean T.: Up above the treeline now
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Dean T.: Rich diversity of alpine plants up here
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Dean T.: The wild south coast of Fiordland
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Dean T.: The views up here were breathtaking
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Dean T.: Loving the plants
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Dean T.: Alpine plants
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Dean T.: Alpine bog
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Dean T.: Network of boardwalk to protect the plants
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Dean T.: Okaka Lodge