Hollyford ANZAC Extended 23-27 April

Day 1 - Hollyford Valley Road End to Hidden Falls Hut for lunch. Then off on the next 10.5km walk to Lake Alabaster Hut.
Day 2 - We set off for Demon Trail Hut along the track known as the start of the Demon Trail
Day 3 - We set off at 9:20am for Hokuri Hut. This section of track is known as the backbone of the Demon Trail.
Day 3 - We set off for Martin’s Bay at 7:30am as this was to be a big day in the hope to get around to Big Bay. We arrived at Martins Bay Hut at 11:30am. After lunch we set off to discover Long Point Reef and Big Bay.
Day 4 - We flew out to Milford Sound.
Friday, 18 April 2014

Beautiful rivers

Hidden Falls

Hidden Falls Hut - a welcome refuge from the rain

Morning mist

Little Homer Falls

Lake Alabaster

Stunning!

A Pistol Panorama - Lake Alabaster

We shared the hut with a boating group

Still stunning

The famous one billie stew for all

Alabaster Hut

The lake in the morning

Pyke River

hey everybody - look at that mist!

each 3 wire bridge crossing was a triumph

Merlin & Heather contemplate the route over lunch

G had one to many knocks to the head!

We did a wee detour to look at McKerrow Island Hut - got to bag as many as possible!

it was worth the walk - another stunning lake

McKerrow Island Hut

"What's up Rupert?" "You have very red head Bad Jelly!"

Rata looks bemused

While Julie had a good chuckle

Pistol.

G fell in the mud

Smurf looking staunch at DemonTrail Hut

Bad Jelly does the 3 wire wail

Paula in full combat rain gear, negotiates a stream crossing

Along the lake to Jamestown

Some very stylish river crossing techniques.

We went for an afternoon reccie to Sandy Bay

The stripe brigade

My precious

Another Pistol panorama - Martins Bay

Smurf gets a brew going in the wind

The flight to Milford

Milford Sound

The team, minus the big guys who went on the first flight