Green Bush Hut
The place
Green Bush Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park, Makarora/Wanaka area (Otago, South Island, New Zealand), at 377 m elevation, Wilkin valley. Continuous Aspiring cluster (batches 200-333). DOC hut in the Wilkin River basin (iconic Gillespie Pass Circuit, 3-day, 58 km route), area of Nothofagus fusca red beech and waterfalls such as the Blue Pools (glacier-fed cyan Aoraki flowage) and Rob Roy Glacier, heritage of Kāi Tahu (pounamu greenstone jade, sacred Arahura River, Māori monopoly under DOC, 1997 Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act).
The setting
Mount Aspiring NP Makarora/Wanaka Otago NZ 377 m Wilkin valley, continuous cluster batches 200-333, DOC Gillespie Pass Circuit 3d 58 km, Nothofagus fusca red beech, Blue Pools cyan Aoraki/Rob Roy Glacier, Kāi Tahu pounamu jade Arahura monopoly 1997 Ngāi Tahu Claims.
