This shingle fan reveals a massive accumulation of scree cascading from the hillside, spreading out in a fan-like shape on the ground. The mountains in this area are steep, sparsely vegetated, and exposed to strong winds and heavy rainfall. These conditions are largely due to the elevation of the mountains and their close proximity to the coast.
Looking down on farmland in the Coast Road area of Wainuiomata. Coast Road flows southwards from suburban streets into...
View of a giant tree in Wainuiomata in an area that was never logged. While the most of the...
There are numerous unnamed creeks and streams in Wainuiomata Regional Park that feed into the Wainuiomata River including this...
View of Richard Prouse Park as seen from Moores Valley Road. The hills in the background are part of...
Looking towards the head of the Ōrongorongo Valley and into the Remutaka Range, as viewed from the coastal walk...
The Nikau Creek Track is a short 30 minute walk that takes you through the podocarp rainforest found in...
There are also a number of bush tracks into the park that take you through native bush and a...
This underground shaft in Wainuiomata was originally constructed in the 1880s. It was abandoned 1899 and is now completely...
