Papatahi Hut 1-3 November

Friday, 01 November 2024

This is the Remutaka Forest Park - accessed via Wainuiomata

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 Hut - 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)

Lunch time at Mac's Hut

Smurf and DW showing what a great trip it was!