Flora Car Park - Flora Hut - Girtiron Shelter
The features of this walk is several rock shelters
A unique place of accommodation - beds underneath one wall of solid rock on a 60º angle
information shelter at the Flora Car Park
good views from the viewing platform at the Flora Car Park
an interesting small shelter at the track entrance
a very easy walk from Flora Car Park to the Flora Hut
Flora Hut
The first section from Flora Hut to Girtiron Shelter is a vehicle track- too easy to walk but a little bit boring
oiriginall an old goldminers' trail from Nelson to Takaka
trail along the Flora Stream
trail scenes
swing bridge over Horseshoe Creek
a mark to the Girtiron Shelter
Girtiron Gorge (Elev 2650 ft)
a track winds down to the impressive rock overhang known as Gridiron Rock Shelter (or hut)
winds up to the the first of the rock shelters
a small romantic hut nestled underneath a rock overhang, it has a swing chair in front of a open fire and a small pot belly stove inside
若有經歷過地震 絕不敢睡在這大石頭下!!
The early explorers faced a bewildering landscapes. They made temporary homes under the limestone overhangs
They even caught wekas and cooked them over fires, scrached their names into the rock...
swing bridges nearby
beautiful scenes around
Flower Hearts - Richard Clayderman
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