Bushy Park - Atene Skyline - Waitahinga Trails 24-26 February
Our bunk house for 2 nights
View from Whanganui River Road (Ruapehu top right)
Atene Skyline track - 6.5 hours incl breaks - the Whanganui River used to flow around that peak marked 276m
The start of Atene Skyline track
Looking back to the Whanganui River
The Whanganui River used to flow through here. The skyline track follows the ridgeline from left of picture.
The shelter at the halfway point
That mountain just keeps popping up!
Epiphytes galore!
You can't get away from that river!
Back at Bushy Park where some of us decided to tent.
Time for a few pre-dinner drinks
One of those rare trips where the women outnumber the men.
Ahrr... that's where the men were!
And the salads were pretty good as well!
Sunday morning at Bushy Park. Carmel is frozen in her tracks after a big tree crashes behind her ... just kidding!!
Robin
Big rata tree
Very big rata tree
These critters weren't moving much.
Cute but deadly!
Susan, Glenda and friends!
Marian exaggerating, Badjelly looking cool!
The start of the Waitahinga Trails.
The Waitahinga Dam - built in 1904, this provided Whanganui's water supply for many years
Lunch time
Chris making a jack ass of himself!
A clover flower - oh well something different!
A log jamb!
Carex secta
Heading back via a different trail
Koru
