t209 Ananui Falls Track (part), Mclaren Falls Park and Henderson Tramline

Ananui Falls Track (part)

Walking Bluff Stream Kauri Loop Track, part of Ananui Falls Track and returning through Waitawheta Tramway Track

starting from Franklin Road carpark and following the marker

walking thruough farmland alongside the Waitawheta River

meeting several teenager camping groups

track entrance

At a junction, The Waitawheta Tramway Track is straight ahead and the Bluff Stream Kauri Loop Track veers to the left 

track scenes on Bluff Stream Kauri Loop Track

crossing Waitawheta River

good track scenes on Bluff Stream Kauri Loop Track

Kauri grove

impressive stream scenes on Bluff Stream

crossing Waitawheta River and returning through Waitawheta Tramway Track

remnants (railroad timbers 枕木) on Waitawheta Tramway Track

waterfalls on Waitawheta Tramway Track

Mclaren Falls Park

Mclaren Falls Park是Tauranga近區的一處瑰寶 適各種不同活動 夏天戲水 春秋兩季更是賞花觀葉的好季節  尤其Mclaren Falls更是驚艷 也是戲水的好去處

lots of people swim in cool water at the base of these waterfalls

scenes nearby Mclaren Falls

spectacular Mclaren Falls 非常壯觀

Mclaren Falls

multiple cascades

Waterfall Track

Rotary Grove

lake side scenes

再次造訪 由於Dam沒有洩洪 看不到壯觀的Mclaren Falls 
因此必需先查明時間

Henderson Tramline (North Branch) Track

經過3次過溪即折返 因溪流比較有景觀

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