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Our Whangarei Trip walking Mair Park - Town Basin, Mair Park - A H Reed Memorial Park - Whangarei Falls, and Mt Manaia

Mair Park - Town Basin

Mair Park

crossing the bridge

walkway scenes

long boardwalk in Elliot Reserve

elegant scenes

Canopy Bridge Markets - 每週六有Artisans Fairs展示各種工藝品等 另外每個月還有黃昏市場 讓這個城市活起來
see the next photo for the history of Canopy Bridge

Punga (in sculpture trail)
this artwork presents a connection between past and present
kids climbing up the Punga

Waka and Wave - the famous sculpture in Whangarei by two leading New zealand artists

The stone waka symbolises the culture of Aotearoa
The wave symbolises the way that culture has been engulfed by waves of settlement and colonisation

good photo spot

kids playing at the playground

Mair Park - A H Reed Memorial Park - Whangarei 

walkway scenes

boardwalk 

The impressive canopy walkway in the A H Reed Memorial Park 

Canopy Walkway - 這條70公尺長14公尺高的優美步道  提供人們由上俯視森林

viewing from the Canopy Walkway

swing bridge to Whangarei Falls

viewing from the swing bridge

crossing over the swing bridge

walkway scenes

Famous Whangarei Falls just in a distance

Spectacular 26.3m high Whangarei Falls

viewing from the upstream of the waterfalls

viewing from different viewing platforms

Mt Manaia

A cluster of jagged hill - view from the carpark

lookout at the entrance 

good photo spot

a side walk guiding to an excellent lookout

The rocky pinnalces above Mt Manaia are weathered and eroded remnants of the steep upper  flankd of the former Manaia volcano. Manaia volcano, a large stratovolcnao,  was likely more than 1000 m high. That's well over twice the height of Manaia today (403m)

good views from the lookout

good photo spot

track scenes

many stairs - 1113 steps marked by someone in the panel

arriving at the viewing deck of the  summit

stunning views from the summit

spectacular rock outcrops at the summit nearby

kids looking down the stunning views

Richard Clayderman-Memories of Childhood兒時回憶