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Day 7 - the first day of the Routeburn Trail Queenstown to The Divide by coach (260 km.) The first 16 km (10 miles) of the Routeburn Track Weather: cloudy with occasional showers and some sunny spells
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The Divide to Key Summit turnoff - 3 km -               1 to 1½ hours Optional Key Sunnit walk - 3 km -               ¾ to 1 hour Key Summit turnoff to Howden Hut - 1 km               ¼ to ½ hour Howden Hut to Earland Falls - 3 km -               1 to 1½ hours Earland Falls to the Orchard - 4 km -               1 to 1½ hours The Orchard to Lake Mackenzie Lodge -               ¾ to 1 hour	The bus to the start of the Routeburn track
Woolly Head	Key Summit nature trail
	Flax
Lichen	Plenty of moss on the trees
Leathery-leaved mountain hebe	Silver beech
Snow gentian
Lichens	White cushion daisy
The Howden Hut lunch stop (7 km out with 9 to go)
Odd-leaved orchid
Green-hooded orchid
The spectacular Earland Falls
	The Orchard (14 km. out, 2 to go)
	Interior of Lake Mackenzie Lodge
Day 8 - the second day of the Routeburn Trail
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L. Mackenzie Lodge to Ocean Peak Corner               4 km - 1½ to 2 hours Ocean Peak Corner to Harris Saddle -               6 km - 1½ to 2 hours Optional Conical Peak Walk               1 km - 1 to 1½ hours Harris Saddled to Routeburn Falls               5 km - 1½ to 2 hours
	The Harris Saddle hut - lunch stop
	Lake Harris and the start of the valley of the Routeburn
The last stretch to the Routeburn Falls Lodge
Day 9 - the third day of the Routeburn Trail
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	Looking back to the Routeburn Falls
	Looking down on the Routeburn valley
	An inquisitive robin - the only bird which came close enough to photograph
Just in case one wants another walk!