We’re on the last couple of days now, and decided to stop the night in Peel Forest, the last bit of the original forest on the Canterbury plains. Stayed in a little DOC cabin in a mainly empty campsite. OK but it rained and stopped planned walk.
These huge trees – podocarps – have all been cut down now, but were used for canoes for up to 100 paddlers. Very big trees.
i remember this forest ‘cos it was only s short drive from Ashburton (where I worked inn2007 and 2009) so had a walk there few times