{"id":9977,"date":"2022-03-20T23:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T10:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2022-08-24T18:58:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:58:42","slug":"holiday-day-9-green-lake-track-and-hut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2022\/03\/holiday-day-9-green-lake-track-and-hut\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Day 9 – Green Lake Track and Hut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our camping spot on the South Arm Lake Manapouri Campsite, there’s lot and lots of bumblebees around this morning<\/p><\/div>\n

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We are doing the Green Lake Track today, towards Green Lake Hut, which is basically a track through this valley and then left over the mountain<\/p><\/div>\n

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A map of the track, it’s the dashed line starting near Borland Bivouac, going south first and then east towards Green Lake Hut<\/p><\/div>\n

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The tracks starts with a lovely walk through a forest<\/p><\/div>\n

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Me and my heavy backpack<\/p><\/div>\n

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And then opens up to this view, we need to cross this boggy terrain<\/p><\/div>\n

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It’s slow going in this terrain<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lots of boggy ground, holes in the ground and then all the grasses<\/p><\/div>\n

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And when you’ve done the first stretch of this terrain there’s a next one after that<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is the turn to the left, through the forest and over the mountain from here on<\/p><\/div>\n

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But first we take a rest and are greeted by this friendly robin who took a keen interest in the hair on my legs, my shoes and my socks<\/p><\/div>\n

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Such a cute bird<\/p><\/div>\n

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Island Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

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Glad I brought my tripod<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hoping you don’t fall when crossing streams<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking in the direction of Mt Burns, we are getting closer to the lake now<\/p><\/div>\n

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And there is is! Green Lake. Silly name. It looks blue to me<\/p><\/div>\n

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Green Lake Hut<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sun is getting low, we arrived just in time<\/p><\/div>\n

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A last photo before sunset<\/p><\/div>\n