MILFORD TRACK

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1929, Page 7

MILFORD TRACK

WALKING CLUB’S VISIT. I olograph -Press Assn. Copyright CfIIMSTCHUUCII, .Tauuary L Members of the Y.M.C.A. Walking ' I ,; l) have just returner! to Christ"hiiivh, full of jirai.se of the heautios "I the .Milford Tra'k. It is '-.'.''ten <le-s'-rihed as the finest walk in the world Mid they find it diliieuit to pi ft ure tinwords the \\ ouders of the scenery i hrongliout, with its I'd tv ineuiitains mirrored pools, exquisite lakes, rivers, and waterfalls; miles and miles of ' irgin hush, crowned hv snowy peaks, ■•'ifft here and there glaciers, and then Milford Sound and the sea beyond, in- < lading in the wide-flung vistas all hat goes to the make-up of Nature ai lies t. „ 'The party found the acrommodation hotter than ever, and owing to an early start had the track pra l tieallv !<• themselves on the outward journey. The new hostel at Milford is splendidly '•quipped. As the party were the first I’ih to he entertained in the new ' ni , 'liii' r . where t.hev arrived on Chris'uns Hay. a special reeepti'Oi was ■ta' T ed. with a loaded festive boas’ and Father Christ nvs all complete, a. wind-up to the evening, carols were sung;, and a special service hold hv the members and attoiid«*d also hv the staf! nd the workmen. The weather proved favourable, and Co whole triHc* was viewed both in sunshine and shower