This is the Remutaka Forest Park - accessed via Wainuiomata
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Papatahi Hut 1-3 November
We started on Friday, walking for half a day
Turere Bridge
Hen and Chicken Fern. (The main fern is the hen, the small lighter green ones on top are the chickens)
Turere Lodge - a bit of a palace
There's something odd about the signs on the Turere woodshed!
The Turere "Beam me up Scotty" toilets
What's this doing out in the bush?
Koru
Rewarewa flower
Haurangi Hut
Papatahi Hut
The spacious interior of Papatahi Hut
It got rather hot in the hut!
Saturday morning - preparing to climb Papatahi Peak and Mt Mathews South Saddle
The Orongorongo River upstream of the hut
The steep climb to Papatahi Peak
It got a bit windy!
Goblin forest
Lunch time on Papatahi Peak
Going down from Papatahi Peak
Leatherwood?
Looking back down the Orongorongo valley
Back at the Orongorongo River
Edible Fungi
Sunday morning - heading back down the Orongorongo river into a very cold southerly wind.
Erosion damage from flooding
Stranded deep sea creature - a rare Davidixus Williamansus
Bain-Iti Hut
I wonder what's in this old hut?
The Orongorongo Rock Heap Escalator
Jan's Hut
Waerenga Hut (Tararua Tramping club)
Smurf and DW showing what a great trip it was!