One of our favourite walking destinations but I can only find
one previous post - part of my 60th birthday celebrations. This blog will be primarily about trees but we did discover this fine specimen of a New Zealand earthworm.
We were dwarfed by these giants soaring into the sky.
An
ent-like tree.
The river is crossed by a well protected swing bridge
with good views from the middle.
This track follows the river
which has some good swimming holes.
On a flat area near the camp site is a grove of
totara planted in memory of
Norman Kirk the Labour prime minister who died in office in 1974.
After a not-so-strenuous walk we repaired to a nearby cafe which specialises in cream teas and enjoyed date scones, blackberry jam, cream and
orange pekoe tea. I left my camera in the car so there are no photographs of the gluttony that ensued!
