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Set off on the Routeburn track...

A three day hike from the Divide through to Queenstown,

we stayed in these huts that were just concrete tents ! we had to carry everything, sleeping bags, gas cookers, food you name it we carried it !!

the best waterfall yet !

Me at the Darran Mountains

JP even managed to sneak a rock into Paddy's back which he then carried the whole first day and only found in the evening !! ha-ha everyone including Paddy was laughing at that one !!

Everyone looked the part, apart from Paddy who looked like he was running away from home rather than going hiking for three days !

Amazing view of the Darran Mountains

Lake Mackenzie Hut

Had a great time, & good weather, the first day was really warm and sunny, I was in a different hut to most of the party so I walked on my own for a couple of hours to reach it, really amazing walking through the rainforest alone ! total silence, a strange thing when your with 20 people every minute of the day!

got some guy who I passed at this 80 meter waterfall to take my photo !

Reached my hut chilled out !

In the morning it was lashing it down with rain, I just waited around for the others to catch me up who stayed in the previous hut, they were pretty wet, but we set off...loads of mist and humidity but no more rain for now...So hiring that Gore-tex jacket was a waste of time !!

Jenna on the track

Me @ the waterfall

Hollyford Valley

Had a good hike, probably good it was a cold day as it was a long trek, over 8 hours most of it uphill !!

Crossing the waterfall

We reached the hut !!

Spent the night in another hut, with only a 2 hour walk the following morning to finish off !

had a really good laugh in the hut all huddled round the fire ! trying to burn all our rubbish as we had to carry everything out of the route, so our bags were starting to stink !