THE SOUTHERN LAKES.
N A TOURIST ROUTE. ~ .■■,r,'.oiT ;; I punedirv February 4. .. :■■>.■;• ■. The Hon; T. •Maokenzie,!,,: after-,.v.travelling. : -1 from- Manapoun. to Otautau, -says,:.as .to ihe "practicability .of this'-as'a tourist route:-r :'-"Tliero aro many dillicul.ties t-o ovdrcomo; A .. bridge 13 jieeded over the" Waireka -lUver, and easCside of; Grassy; .Creek- valley,- as' this'. wo\ild avoid six or eight . .: .crossings.- If;tlic-se'things.ho done yre.could get. a lairly; 4uick v connection frPßi, Otautau to Manappuri, and itf.would be'a most .interResting ,The;;fcspphery',--.^ varied and" charming, ana in paits vory " grand, and iit. woulu mak'o an ideal liighway . . onto W lake country, but, like \ from Lumsden to.Te' Ariau, 'this strotoh from. Otautaii to" ilaiiapouri'should be so ; ? jarranged -.that the' traveller can be taken ''. .through inoiie day'.'- This .would need to bo '' done partly'by and partly by boats. Ot course, it is a question of policy as to whether;.,tho Gorprnmeiit. would be .justified :,. in making the; accessary improvements.' ;; I '■-'expedition-Vand: ;&dfloniy'should;be the guiding:factors:of that ./policy, and the'sceiiery-of these-routes should, i : .;beiplabied'.within' tho. reach ofjperso%:: who / . can only'; afforda ; -moderate.' expenditure;" ;'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 7
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173THE SOUTHERN LAKES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 7
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