Sunday, September 20, 2015

Dawson Falls

When I first moved here, I traveled somewhere new every chance I got, trying to explore as much as of the country as possible. Now that I have been here awhile, and settled into a busy life of music gigs, work, and just general life, I do not travel nearly as often, but I do still try to take advantage of the beauty around me. There is  a lot to see and do just in Taranaki, so I have been slowly making my way through the local attractions.

One which had been on my list for quite some time is Dawson Falls. The falls are outside of Stratford, which is about 30 min South of New Plymouth, so easily doable in a day. So last month Karen and I picked  a weekend and put a visit to Dawson Falls on the calendar. The falls are easily accessible from the driveway, you can drive nearly straight to them (and then take a 5ish min walk the rest of the way), but for the more adventurous you can start out a bit further up the road and hike to the falls (on a track!). If you are feeling extra adventurous, there are several other tracks of varying lengths that you can enjoy in the surrounding area.

Karen and I chose to do two of the tracks, the first a nice loop down to the falls, and the second through the goblin forest. Hope you enjoy!

Kapuni Loop Track to the falls




Not lost yet!

Cool trees :)

And moss....

First glimpse of the falls




Random meadow

Which led to another cool track

Which led to the Goblin forest


I want a tree like that....

We got to find our own way across, because this
stream is too cool for a bridge.


But worth the effort to get across....


Rustic track

King of the Goblin trees?



Check back soon for pictures from Troway and I's trip to the States :)





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