Off we went once again to the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, this time to hike the Zion Hill Track. This 8 km loop track had it all: vistas, bush walk, wetlands, cliffs, black sand and the beach.
Some of you may think we'd be bored hiking through so much similar nature. ARE YOU KIDDING??? It may all look the same to you in the pictures, but I assure you, we ooh and ahh time and time again.
Some "not boring" examples of what we saw:
Some of you may think we'd be bored hiking through so much similar nature. ARE YOU KIDDING??? It may all look the same to you in the pictures, but I assure you, we ooh and ahh time and time again.
Some "not boring" examples of what we saw:
View from the Always Informative Arataki Visitor's Center
Starting to climb the Zion Hill Track
View of Karekare Beach--spot the red parasail aircraft?
View of the same beach further up the trail
Along the bush track with my trusty sticks
Amazing fern forest
Stick that looked like a dragon
Hanging stick that looked like a snake
Skinny fern tree
Gnarly trunk
Exiting the bush towards the wetlands and the beach
We walked on boardwalks through the wetlands
Old tramway tunnel
Towards the beach
Cliffs
Black, black sand
Finally to Karekare Beach where they filmed "The Piano"
Baches (vacation homes) overlooking the beach--lucky people!!!
Variety of vistas indeed. Glad you got to Karekare Beach. I can still visualize The Piano being carried along there. What a stunning place, eh? Amazing photos.
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