Visiting ghosts of the past

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By Alina Suchanski

On the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand in the Kahurangi National Park, a ghost has been brought back to life. A long-forgotten gold miners’ road has been revived as a mountain biking and tramping trail. The 85km-long Old Ghost Road traverses majestic native forest, open tussock tops, river flats and remote valleys. It passes by the remnants of four once-bustling settlements, now gone, reclaimed by the merciless West Coast bush. Alina Suchanski laced up her tramping boots to check out this amazing trail.