Tramping on Mt Taranaki

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Left Stratford at around 10am to drive to Mt Taranaki it had rained during the night and everything was fresh. It took around half an hour to get there I stopped a few times along the route to take some photos of the dormant volcano that is Mt Taranaki. It's just really beautiful, topped with snow it looks like something from a fairy tale. As the road meandered towards the mountain it got narrower and narrower, panic set in for a few seconds then I saw there was another car in the mirror, whew. The first walk took me to Wilkies pools a series of pools that the water has carved from hundreds of years of erosion. Following that I did a walk to Dawsons Falls where the water cascades about eighty feet to the rocks below. Even though it had rained the previous night there want a huge amount of water cascading down but it looked quite pretty. After all that tramping a good lunch followed by warm scones, with jam and cream and a pot of ht tea. Magic. Following this I drove to New Plymouth but it was a bit busy so decided to hit the road for a while before finding a little camp is at Onaero Bay about fifty feet from the beach. Ahhhhhh a Happy Day.

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Comments

[pauline milburn]

Just been catching up with you Pam you still seem to be having a really good time. Happy New Year keep on enjoying yourself

[pauline milburn]

Just been catching up with you Pam you still seem to be having a really good time. Happy New Year keep on enjoying yourself