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Twelve Mile Delta to Bob’s Cove Track

Location
Turn off at sign posted on the Glenorchy Road – "Twelve Mile Delta Camping and Picnic Area", and then follow the signs to the bridge.
Description
Budding geologists will delight in the ancient marine sediments to be found between Bob’s Cove – Picnic Point and Twelve Mile Creek. Fossils of oyster shells, other molluscs and algae can be found at Farry’s Beach. Keep an eye out for summer’s red rata flowers amount the lakeshore Pittosporum and the large white flowered native clematis in spring. Return via same track.
Distance
10.0 km
Level
Medium
Amenities
  • Birds
  • Camping
  • Carpark
  • Historical
  • Picnics
  • Plant Life
Source
www.doc.govt.nz
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