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Title: The Flying-Off Place: Stuck on Ninety-Mile Beach

Author: Robin Hyde

In: The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)

Publication details: New Zealand Government Railways Department

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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)

(Photo., Elsie L. Thompson.) — The popularity of “Mystery Train” hikes still continues in the Canterbury province, South Island. This picture shows hikers enjoying a tramp over the mountains in the Staircase Gully district

(Photo., Elsie L. Thompson.) The popularity of “Mystery Train” hikes still continues in the Canterbury province, South Island. This picture shows hikers enjoying a tramp over the mountains in the Staircase Gully district.

(Photo., Elsie L. Thompson.)
The popularity of “Mystery Train” hikes still continues in the Canterbury province, South Island. This picture shows hikers enjoying a tramp over the mountains in the Staircase Gully district.