Caples - Greenstone Circuit
Day 1 - Carpark - Caples Valley to Upper Caples Hut
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Above - John, Chuin Nee and Rob at the Rock Snot cleaning station at
the start of the track
Above - on the track
Above - looking down at a gorge in the Greenstone Valley
Above - Chuin Nee and John at the Greenstone - Caples confluence
Above - The Caples River
Above - Matagouri growing on the river flats
Above - Matagouri
Above - Matagouri
Above - John
Above - Chuin Nee
Above - The Caples River
Above - on the track
Above - ferns
Above - Chuin Nee and Rob at a creek crossing
Above - Just before Mid Caples Hut is this impressive gorge. It is well
worth a closer look
Above - Looking up the valley from near Mid Caples Hut. Our
destination - Upper Caples Hut is at the base of the big hill in
front
Above - on the track
Above - Linda, the hut warden at Mid Caples had told us to look our for
this gorge, about 15 minutes upriver. It too was well worth a visit.
Above - The Caples - further upstream - not in a gorge this time
Above - Strange spider web - we work out what is going on later in the
trip (see day 5)
Above - Chuin Nee
Above - beech
Above - beech
Above - John, Chuin Nee and Rob at Upper Caples Hut. We enjoy a small
snack before dinner
Above - a small platter and some wine went down well before dinner.....
Continue to Day 2 - which we spend sitting out bad
weather at Upper Caples Hut
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