Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
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Thu 10 Oct, 2013 4:02 pmby Hallu
I was just there for a long week end, and I wasn't expecting to see such a beautiful and wild landscape 50 km from Auckland. Gorgeous rock formations, beaches, wild ocean, huge cliffs, and pristine forest. I did some sections of the Hillary Trail, and it sure must be worthwhile to do the whole 70 km.
Re: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
Posted:
Thu 10 Oct, 2013 4:57 pmby wayno
long sections of the hillary trail can be a mudbath outside of summer. the clay soil also gets greasy in the wet, they are slowly improving the track a bit in sections
http://regionalparks.aucklandcouncil.go ... lary-trailthe waitakeres are a relativeley small park, but covered with 250k's of tracks. most of the forest is regrowth. massive problems with the kauri trees dying off in ever larger numbers from Kauri dieback disease.
Re: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
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Thu 10 Oct, 2013 5:02 pmby ofuros
Lovely looking area Hallu, I would love to mooch around those hills & beaches...
Re: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
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Thu 10 Oct, 2013 5:04 pmby wayno
the beaches are covered with aucklanders on the weekend in the warmer months, several thousand of them at piha alone....
Re: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
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Thu 10 Oct, 2013 5:13 pmby Hallu
Well it was pretty quiet whilst I was there. I guess a sunny early spring week end was a good timing. And as usual, a lot less people doing the walks than admiring the beaches.
Re: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
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Thu 10 Oct, 2013 5:17 pmby wayno
watch out for the koreans, they rove around the hills in a group of fifty....
Re: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, NZ
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Fri 11 Oct, 2013 4:11 amby wayno
did you see a Piano at Karekare? the movie The Piano was made there....