The blog of the Jewell Whanau in Wellington, New Zealand.

Monday, 2 June 2014

Weekend Walks

It has been a long weekend, today being Queen’s Birthday. Yesterday we met up our friends Ali and Alan (and Ali’s daughter Sophie) in Levin. It’s a place we normally rush through on State Highway 1 en route north or south to more exotic locations. However just south of the town is a lovely reserve around Lake Papaitonga. 
We had a picnic lunch there and explored the tracks through some quite well-preserved bush.
 
 
 
Today the normal group went into the Rimutaka Forest Park on the Orongorongo track. My camera batteries have been playing up again so I only managed a couple of photos on the phone. The track hasn’t changed much since these previous visits in January 2008 and October 2009.

But just to prove we were there here we are having lunch. 
The weather wasn’t as bad as it might appear – just a bit of misty drizzle in the valley.