Gulliver River

River in Southland, New Zealand

44°44′33″S 168°00′34″E / 44.7424°S 168.0094°E / -44.7424; 168.0094 Mouth

• location

Cleddau River

• coordinates

44°42′14″S 167°58′06″E / 44.7039°S 167.9684°E / -44.7039; 167.9684Basin featuresProgressionGulliver River → Cleddau River → Milford Sound → Tasman Sea

The Gulliver River is a river in the Fiordland area of New Zealand. It starts in the Darran Mountains near the Grave-Talbot Pass, and flows north and then west into the Cleddau River, which runs into Milford Sound.^[1] The river was named in 1906 by W.G. Grave for Alf Grenfell, who had a nickname of "Gulliver".^[2] A track along the Gulliver River from the Cleddau is suitable for day walks in summer and autumn^[3] and can be extended on the Grave Talbot Track into the Espereance valley, past the 59 m (194 ft) high De Lambert Falls and over the Grave Talbot Pass.^[4]

In 1975 three remaining kākāpō in the Esperance and Gulliver Valleys were moved to Maud Island.^[5]

Esperance River

The Esperance River is a 3 km (1.9 mi) tributary flowing from the west off Mount Isolation.^[6] Large rimu and beech trees line the river up to about the 500 m (1,600 ft) contour.^[7]

References

^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. maps 200, 212. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 459.
^ "Day Walks". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
^ "Gulliver River". climbnz.org.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ Gray, Richard (1977). "The habitat, food and feeding ecology of kakapo in Fiordland" (PDF).
^ "Esperance River, Southland - NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Milford Sound Walks". Milford Sound. Retrieved 30 March 2018.