Download or read book A Life on Gorge River written by Robert Long and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author and his family live in complete isolation, in a hut two days walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly thirty years, Catherine for twenty and the kids, all their teenage lives. Outside contact is limited thus creating a lifestyle of self-sufficiency and working with the environment.