{"id":10489,"date":"2023-04-07T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=10489"},"modified":"2023-04-14T01:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:10:44","slug":"big-river-hut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2023\/04\/big-river-hut\/","title":{"rendered":"Big River Hut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve got 4 days of leave of which the first 3 are supposed to have good weather, on the West Coast at least. So I left Christchurch early in the morning to make a close to 4 hour drive to Waiuta<\/a>, an old abondened mining village and there are still some remnants left<\/p><\/div>\n

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Like this, the Miners’ Bathhouse, with still some machinery in there<\/p><\/div>\n

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And this used to be the foundation of something, I read it all on the signs but can’t remember now what it was exactly<\/p><\/div>\n

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I think this used to be the pub<\/p><\/div>\n

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Anyway, time to walk the track to Big River Hut<\/a>, the first part of the track is just following the road for a bit, it should however be a proper 4WD road, which this road is not. I wonder if I’m on the right track?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ah, I was wrong! This is where the track actually starts, a little further from the previous photo and indeed with a proper 4WD track, which I might drive the next time I’m here<\/p><\/div>\n

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The track itself is mostly under canopy cover, so all in shade and pretty wet since most of the track faces south<\/p><\/div>\n

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The track is well maintained and easy to follow<\/p><\/div>\n

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There’s some interesting stuff to see occasionally<\/p><\/div>\n

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But mostly it’s just following the orange markers<\/p><\/div>\n

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Which takes you through some cool places like this<\/p><\/div>\n

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And over bridges<\/p><\/div>\n

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Past waterfalls<\/p><\/div>\n

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More mining remnants and a Battery Site, I have no idea what that is supposed to be so I take the 5 minute detour to find out<\/p><\/div>\n

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This leads me to this little clearing, is thie the Battery Site?<\/p><\/div>\n

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I continue the track<\/p><\/div>\n

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I must be getting near the top of the track<\/p><\/div>\n

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Indeed, and finally I get to see some sky again, it’s not much further to the hut now<\/p><\/div>\n

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Me at the hut, glad I made it, I even booked this one as the DOC website said I should but there were only 2 others in the hut that sleeps 20 people so I won’t be booking again unless it looks like it’s going to be busy<\/p><\/div>\n

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View from the hut down to where the 4WD track ends, some hunters are camping there and having a BBQ and undoubtedly a beer or two<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Big River Hut catching the last sunrays of the day, a good day with lots of sun and a nice hike<\/p><\/div>\n

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A map of today’s hike, starting low at the bottom left and going to top right, the track was 13.5 km and took me 3 hours and 45 minutes including a short break<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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