View of a giant tree in Wainuiomata in an area that was never logged. While the most of the valley floor was substantially logged in the 1880s, higher up the surrounding hills have substantial areas that were left untouched. Consequently, there are numerous tracts of old growth forest.
This view shows rocks that once formed the coastline prior to the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake. The powerful 8.2 magnitude...
Looking at Morton Dam in the year 2024, after being decommissioned some 36 years before. It once supplied the...
Looking at one of the rooms in the Wainuiomata Museum that displays artefacts from the past as well as...
View south along the Wainuiomata River towards the coastline, with the shadow of Para Hill falling across the right-hand...
Looking towards Baring Head, with the lighthouse cottages visible near the headland and the South Island seen in the...
View of the Wainuiomata River in Reservoir Valley, downstream from the weirs that divert water for Wellington’s supply.
This view of Lower Dam requires a bush bash through a temperate rainforest on the southside of Wainuiomata River.
View of Sunny Grove in Wainuiomata. While the street looks sunny in the photo, it is mostly quite shady...
