View to Wharite Peak from the road. Photo: Jem Bakker

Wharite Peak, Ruahine Forest Park

May 2019

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The Ruahine’s southernmost hill

The mist was still lingering in the early morning sun, making the forest eerie. Intermittent sunrays probed their way through the trees, the forest still except for the occasional bird competing with the cicadas and the gentle gushing of the creek. I was on the Wharite Peak Track, which starts 20 minutes along Coppermine Creek […]
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