2. HOW TO GET FROM
WINTON TO DEEP
COVE
WINTON TO
MANAPOURI THEN
GET ON A BOAT TO
GET TO DEEP COVE
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3. POWER
STATION
Underground cavern
THE ORIGINAL
CONSTRUCTION OF
MANAPOURI WAS A HYDRO
STATION AND IT WAS A VERY
HUGE ACHIEVEMENT. THIS
PROJECT TOOK 1800
WORKERS AND 8 YEARS TO
BE COMPLETED.THE PROJECT
INVOLVED THE POWER
STATION WHICH IS PLACED
200 METRES BELOW A
GRANITE MOUNTAIN IN AN
UNDERGROUND CAVERN. 2
4. GLOW
WORMS
IF YOU STAY AT THE HOSTEL YOU
WILL SEE GLOW WORMS AT
NIGHT. THERE ARE MANY GLOW
WORMS AROUND THE HOSTEL. IF
YOU WALK ON THE ROAD YOU
WILL SEE THEM EVERYWHERE.
6. DEEP COVE
HOSTEL
DEEP COVE HOSTEL HAS PLENTY OF SPACE
FOR PEOPLE TO STAY INSIDE TO SLEEP.
YOU CAN DO ACTIVITIES AROUND DEEP
COVE LIKE FISHING AND TRAMPING.
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7. NATIVE ANIMALS
IN DEEP COVE THERE
ARE LOTS OF NATIVE
BIRDS LIKE KAKAPO,
KEA AND WEKA.
A Weka
IF YOU’RE LUCKY
YOU MIGHT ALSO
SEE SEALS,
DOLPHINS AND
PENGUINS
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8. TRAMPING
TRACKS
HANGING VALLEY: THE
FIRST SECTION IS VERY
STEEP AND CAN
SOMETIMES BE QUITE
MUDDY. IT THEN FOLLOWS
WANGANELLA STREAM,
WHICH LEADS YOU TO AN
AREA THAT IS A SMOOTH,
ROCKY PLACE.
HELENA FALLS
TRACK: THIS TRACK
IS VERY EASY AND
FUN. YOU COULD
WALK OVER THE
BRIDGE AND SEE
SOME WATERFALLS.
BRASSEL POINT:
THIS TRACK IS A VERY
EASY TRACK.
IT WILL TAKE YOU 20
OR 30 MINUTES. IT
STARTS AT THE HOSTEL
THEN IT FINISHES AT
WILLMOT PASS ROAD.
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9. DOUBTFUL SOUND
BOAT CRUISE
WHEN YOU’RE ON THE BOAT
CRUISE YOU WILL PASS SOME
WATERFALLS AND MAYBE EVEN
SOME DOLPHINS, IF YOU’RE
LUCKY. INSIDE THE BOAT THERE IS
A CAFE WHICH YOU COULD GET
COFFEE OR WATER TO DRINK.
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10. CAVERN
A large cave or a dark place
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