Waitewaewae hut

I headed to Otaki forks over the weekend but headed north this time, towards Waitewaewae hut. I crossed a swing bridge on the Otaki river. I headed up the track which had quite a lot of windfall to clamber over. There are also a lot of  beautiful Kiokio / Crown ferns, translucent Heruheru / Prince of Wales ferns and Raurenga /Kidney ferns, species we don't get up in the northern half of the north Island. There are also stands of mature Rimu trees which are hundreds of years old.

Raurenga / Kidney ferns.

Kiokio / Crown ferns.

Waitewaewae hut.

I got to the hut by the evening. It is a nice hut, maintained by the Hutt Valley Tramping club, and certainly spacious enough for large groups.

In the morning it was drizzly and rainy. Not really rainy but a bit grey and overcast.  It was still great to be outside though.

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