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Felt Hut

Canterbury · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Felt Hut in the Canterbury region, upper Rangitata valley/Erewhon sector (South Island, New Zealand), at 1027 m elevation, Arrowsmith Range. Continuous Canterbury Rangitata cluster (batches 230+239+244+247). DOC or historic musterers' hut converted into a free shelter, "Felt" evoking historic felt-cloth construction. Area of tussock (Chionochloa) and beech forest (Southern beech), the "Erewhon" area of Samuel Butler (1872).

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The setting

Canterbury Rangitata/Erewhon Arrowsmith Range NZ 1027 m, continuous cluster batches 230-247, DOC/musterers, tussock/beech, Samuel Butler 1872.