A sacred lake & a special valley

Lake Rotokura, on the edge of Tongariro National Park

Is it because the lake is sacred that the sign has been shot at?

Tree ferns line the track towards the lake

A carpet of beech leaves on the trail to Lake Rotokura

Flax knots mark the path along part of the trail

Rotokura's waters are thermal, and have traditionally been used for healing

Flying up the Ahuriri Valley, near Omarama

Top Hut nestled beside beech forest

Ruth Harrison sands the door of Top Hut

Ian Algie's reticulating saw makes short work of rusty nails while Stephen Matheson looks on

Ian Algie receives a PVC sheet from John Holmes for Top Hut's new roof

Evening view of Hector Mountains from near Top Hut

More a trace than a track, the route down the valley from Top Hut

Shamrock Hut, one of five huts in the valley

Tomtit/miromiro at Hagens Hut

On the road in Ahuriri Valley

Wetland in Ahuriri Valley

Tarn near Hideaway Hut

Tarn near Hideaway Hut

Anglers thrilled with large trout in Ahuriri Valley (about to be released)

The exterior walls and roof of Hideaway Hut are a record of musterers, shearers and rabbiters who have used the hut

An impressive tally of rabbit skins

Rust is slowly claiming Lord Bledisloe's name, inscribed on the roof in 1938

Memorabilia inside Hideaway Hut

Classic method of joining number-8 wire