Bannockburn to Garston: An adventurous road crossing | A Gallery from Nine To Noon | RNZ National

The Nevis Road climbs the Old Woman Range from Bannockburn, tracking beside the Garvie Mountains before reconnecting with SH6 south of Kingston. It's spectacular - but you'll need a 4WD for the second half!

Moonrise on Old Woman Range.

Old Woman Hut.

A feminine touch for Old Woman Hut.

Part of the Carrick water race on the Old Woman Range.

View westward from Old Woman Range.

Speargrass weevil on Old Woman Range.

Watts Rock, on the summit of Old Woman Range.

Tor-studded landscape on Old Woman Range.

Nevis Road.

Sluiced hill left by gold miners on Nevis Road.

On the road by Ben Nevis Station.

The sign says it all.

One of the easier fords.

Sign at Nevis Valley.

Nevis River and Road.

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Kennedy Warne at Codfish Island. Photograph by Frans Lanting.

Kennedy Warne is an outdoorsman, adventurer, travel journalist, photographer and regular guest on Nine to Noon.

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