t119_Long Bay walking around coast

Long Bay walking around coast

Walking with Mikey and Jamie on their school holiday. This is an extention of past walking (walking the Coastal Walk and down to Grannys Bay, see <t109>). Walking up to Pohutukawa Bay around coast and returning back the same way. Stunning and impressive shore scenes...

 

starting the coast walk from Vaughan Stream estuary

 

high cliffs

 

encountering rocks hopping

 

walking on the shore bed

 

shore scenes with backdrop of Rangitoto

 

arriving at Grannys Bay. a good photo spot.

 

children playing around

 

Mikey was thinking how to walk down

 

interesting shore scenes

 

impressive secens

 

stunning shore scenes

 

children quite enjoying hopping on the rocks

 

drifted wood

 

spooky rock

 

resembling a shield

 

interesting rock pools

 

small fish in the pool

 

a perfect seat

 

Jamie with good posture

 

encountering rock hopping again

 

towering cliffs

 

頑強的生命力

 

arriving at Pohutukawa Bay

 

情有獨忠 就是喜歡玩堆沙

 

衝浪

 

playing music station

 

玩遠距離通話

 

玩瘋了

 

Richard Clayderman-Memories of Childhood兒時回憶

t118

Hunua Falls - Massey Tracks

with interesting new-found route (baitline network)

The special of today's walking is with Baitline network which is not a regular track but a network for putting baits.

Having chance to experience romote and wild environments. Thanks Eric for the guidence. 打Ruby的那兒有爛泥就往那兒沖衝 登山的那裏有難路就往那裏走 真是犯賤啊!

Walking per the purple marking. Massey Track --> Baitline (near 308) --> Wairoa Cosseys Track --> Cosseys Dam --> Cosseys Gorge Track.

 

行前禱告 (22 persons turned up today's walking)

 

starting at Massey Track, a metalled track but steep in places

 

entering the Baitline

 

a little bit wild

 

more and more remote and wild

 

down to the stream

 

giant trees on the way

 

interest tree

 

giant kauri tree

 

walking on the ridge (Ragitoto ridge)

 

lunch at an elegant kauri grove

 

kauri grove

 

very primitive

 

arriving at Wairoa Cosseys Track

 

Cosseys Dam - viewing from Wairoa Cossey Track

 

Cosseys Dam - one of five dams in the Hunua Ranges and fruther five dams in the Waitakere Ranges. The dam is the third largest in Auckland

 

 

Cosseys Gorge track - a gentler and more scenic track

 

walking above the deep valley

 

down to the Cosseys creek side

 

walking along the creek

 

creek scenes

 

crossing the Cosseys creek

 

returning thru Massey Track

 

elegant Nikau grove

 

Hunua Falls - a 30m height horsetail falls.
beautiful reflection in the stream

 

Yanni Reflections of Passion