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The Clarence River Valley

Earlier this year I posted on the 4x4Explorer Facebook page a photo of a gate, asking people if they knew what lay behind and inviting people, in turn, to post their own photos. Only two did, however, which led me to believe that the area where the gate was – the Clarence River Valley inland from Kaikoura, is something of an undiscovered gem, and therefore, warranted another look.

As with a lot of my most recent trips, this one started with a text conversation with my good friend, Scott Gray. Scott is based in Timaru and I was in Motueka.

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