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WELCOME
TO DEEP COVEBY JERWIN,ANGELO,TIM
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HOW TO GET FROM WINTON TO DEEP COVE
WINTON TO MANAPOURI THEN GET ON A BOAT TO GET TO DEEP COVE
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POWER STATION
Underground cavern
THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF MANAPOURI WAS A HYDRO STATION AND IT WAS A VERY HUGE ACHIEVEMENT. THIS PROJECT TOOK 1800 WORKERS AND 8 YEARS TO BE COMPLETED.THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE POWER STATION WHICH IS PLACED 200 METRES BELOW A GRANITE MOUNTAIN IN AN UNDERGROUND CAVERN.
IF YOU STAY AT THE HOSTEL YOU WILL SEE GLOW WORMS AT NIGHT. THERE ARE MANY GLOW WORMS AROUND THE HOSTEL. IF YOU WALK ON THE ROAD YOU WILL SEE THEM EVERYWHERE.
GLOW WORMS
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FISHING
YOU CAN CATCH TREVALLY FISH, BUTTERFLY FISH, SAND SHARKS AND MANY OTHER FISH IN DEEP COVE.
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DEEP COVE HOSTEL
DEEP COVE HOSTEL HAS PLENTY OF SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY INSIDE TO SLEEP. YOU CAN DO ACTIVITIES AROUND DEEP COVE LIKE FISHING AND TRAMPING.
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NATIVE ANIMALSIN DEEP COVE THERE ARE LOTS OF NATIVE BIRDS LIKE KAKAPO, KEA AND WEKA. IF YOU’RE LUCKY YOU MIGHT ALSO SEE SEALS, DOLPHINS AND PENGUINS
A Weka
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TRAMPING TRACKS
HANGING VALLEY: THE FIRST SECTION IS VERY STEEP AND CAN SOMETIMES BE QUITE MUDDY. IT THEN FOLLOWS WANGANELLA STREAM, WHICH LEADS YOU TO AN AREA THAT IS A SMOOTH, ROCKY PLACE.
HELENA FALLS TRACK: THIS TRACKIS VERY EASY AND FUN. YOU COULD WALK OVER THE BRIDGE AND SEE SOME WATERFALLS.
BRASSEL POINT:THIS TRACK IS A VERY EASY TRACK.IT WILL TAKE YOU 20 OR 30 MINUTES. IT STARTS AT THE HOSTEL THEN IT FINISHES AT WILLMOT PASS ROAD.
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DOUBTFUL SOUND BOAT CRUISE
WHEN YOU’RE ON THE BOAT CRUISE YOU WILL PASS SOME WATERFALLS AND MAYBE EVEN SOME DOLPHINS, IF YOU’RE LUCKY. INSIDE THE BOAT THERE IS A CAFE WHICH YOU COULD GET COFFEE OR WATER TO DRINK.
CAVERN
A large cave or a dark place
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