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Ben Rudds Hut

Otago · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Ben Rudds Hut on the Silver Peaks Loop Track, Dunedin/Waikouaiti sector (Otago, South Island, New Zealand), at 559 m elevation, Silver Peaks range. Continuous Otago cluster (batches 181-297). Historic NZFS/DOC hut (namesake Ben Rudd, pioneer Otago musterer), alpine tussock zone and primary podocarpaceae forests. Heritage of the 1860s Central Otago gold rushes (Gabriel's Gully 1861 launch).

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The setting

Silver Peaks Loop Dunedin/Waikouaiti Otago NZ 559 m Silver Peaks, continuous cluster batches 181-297, NZFS/DOC Ben Rudd pioneer musterer, tussock/podocarpaceae, 1860s gold rushes Gabriel's Gully 1861.