


                      Inangahua River
                       + 69             65
                      ---|--------------|---
                     |/\ |~^  ^ /\/\/\/\|\/\|
                     |^  |^^~~^ //\ /\/\| /\|                     /
                     |/\ /_^/\*\/Br/\ \/\\/\|  Br Brunner Range  /
                     |  |  ^/\/\/\/  \/\/\\^|      (angled so:  / )
                     |/\ \  /\/\/\ /\/\ \^/^|
      Reefton        |/\ R ^/\//  /Vc\ \^|/\|  Vc Victoria Range  \
                SH7 ----' \^/\/\/\/\/\/\ |/\|                      \
                     |^^/\^\/\//  \/  \/\|/\|                       \
                      ------\------------|--
                            SH7          65 + Maruia River

L30 Reefton

Wet mountains. The valleys are wet too. Mosquitos and sandflys live in the valleys. Wasps live on the tops. The forest is mostly beech, which means that it is in a constant process of decay. Even the standing trees are (mass for mass) more dead than alive. The mountains are very steep in places, with 100' cliffs, torrents and waterfalls placed irregularly across otherwise suitable paths.

L30 272 091

Named Victoria Burn in honour of the late queen. Dark and beechy, with much dampness. Smells pleasantly like rotting beech. Many parts too dark for proper filming. I tried anyway, and the pictures of here are very dark, with moments of extreme brightness as I pointed the camera up to the tree tops. The water in the stream is transparent brown, showing brown rocks.

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