A life less ordinary spent on the land
Graeme Beardmore's community involvement over his life was huge, always helping people, and even at one point earning him the nickname ‘Dr Hacker Knacker’.
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Small New Zealand towns that could have been big
The only land route to Martins Bay in Fiordland is the Hollyford Track. To describe “Jamestown” as a small town is to be rather generous, as all that remains these days are some old apple trees and rose bushes planted by its former residents. But this deserted piece of paradise, located just north of Milford Sound in Fiordland, could have been a major travel hub, had all went to plan. In the late 19th century, geologist James Hector proposed building a road from Queenstown to Martins Bay, where he envisioned a shipping port could be developed to provide a direct link between Otago and ...
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