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Still Anchored in Whangaparapara Harbour Great Barrier Island. A wet day to catch up on indoor things. The walks have been great and my favourite is surprising - up Whanga hill. Yes there is a steady climb to 308m but the track is soft and through beautiful native growth including a lot of kauri. Much more interesting than the other tracks which have mostly manuka and fern. This track gives the only view of the Bay from the top, which is about 50min from the turn off. (not 1hr 10m as stated). For those with bad knees or hearts the short walk to the kauri falls is absolutely flat on a real tourist path including bridges over the meandering river. You start all walks by taking the road to the head of the bay and then walk through the gate on the left which is well sign posted. The walk to the hot springs is about 3.5hr return via the road. Witheys track is also nearly 3 hours as it is no longer a round trip. The pack track has been closed at the Tramline track end. The Old Mill track
needs to be done at lowish tide to get through the sea inlet near the start.
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[weather] rain, 100%c, light ENE[END]