NEW TOURIST ROUTE.
I ILFORD TO WAKATIPT*
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.J LORE. J]«
y< Crave, <•/ (J.-.rnnru, Talbot, of Crcyv'i lit 1 .), and Lytti?, of Coro, have returned from an explorat’on of Fiordland, <-.'Rending over tinee weeks. They succeeded in finding a practicable rout? from Miifmd to Vdm th.-i:. The route was really discovered last year, but on this occasion a now track was found over Grave Pass, cutting 1200 feet off the a-emii and removing other difficulties. The pus.;, rises- to a height of 5000 Got. A tourist r;ay now journey from Auau to Mi.iord. thence by Cm re*-- read:, to Lake Tlow-den. joining t!r Cscer.-t'-ne route to Wnkotinu. This affords a s'-ries '-f magnificent vi'-ws over and through mountain scenery, notably Mi not Tukuk-, risni"- to a h'-ight -T f-042 feet practically from sea lev.-]. Go Mature] c- the ports ascended the summit of Mount Balloon, 6000 feet, being the first to have done so. The mountain was attack'd on the northern ridge. and if • -ever! a somewhat harardous undertaking, the surface comprising loose r ick to a great extent. The ascent and descent were mad? in the one dav.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3122, 19 January 1911, Page 3
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190NEW TOURIST ROUTE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3122, 19 January 1911, Page 3
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