The Traveling Kiwi

..to Alice. I feel like I have been down the rabbit hole these past few months. I seem to have just been wrapped up in a cocoon, missed birthdays and contact with friends and got absolutely nothing done.

So nothing else for it than a wee trip to wonderland, well….to the Blue Springs near Putararu. It was supposed to be a nice day out but the day became wetter and wilder the deeper we went into the Waikato. Still well away from the COVID border tho.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when arriving in a muddy car park festooned with signs warning of car thieves and recent horse habitation.

Once you started up the trail of buttercups and gravel you soon forgot the passing rain showers and standing sheltered under massive redwoods looked down at a winding stream of the clearest water filled with lime green weed and blue clay. The walk was a delight, changing views every few meters. No people, just tui’s and pukekos, swallows and fan tails and the occasional trout spotted lurking at the edge of the weeds.

~ by kiwikris on October 12, 2021.

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