Lake Wainamu Loop Track, Waitakere Ranges Regional Park

October 2017

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October 2017

Sand dunes give way to rainforest sprinkled with luxuriant stands of nikau. Photo: Pete Barnao
In the footsteps of warriors For all their urban preoccupations, Aucklanders are blessed with a superb array of rugged day walks just beyond the city’s fringes. The Lake Wainamu Loop Track, in the region’s wild west, is one of the very best; a two-hour hike, just inland from the pounding surf of Te Henga (Bethells […]
Alistair Hall

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