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| View from the platform down the Wairere Boulder valley towards the
Hokianga Harbour. |
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| View
across
the
valley, at the bottom of the 1.5 km long boulder amassment, there are many lovely swimming holes and pools among the
boulders.
Wooden
structures
lead
you
safely
up
the
valley. |
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| The valley sides are filled with scattered boulders, marked with
the unique fluting created by acid soils over 2.8 million years. |
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| Typical fluting decorates all boulders. The directions are
different according to the movements the boulders made during the 2.8
million years |
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| The
log
bridge
that
links
the
two
valley
sides |
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| Many carefully built constructions allow the visitor to see the boulders
safely from a very close distance. |
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| Another view down the
valley.
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| View up the
valley,
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| The structures lead over deep gaps that can reach up to 15 m, with
a width of only 2.00 m |
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| In some areas the track leads under the boulders, to experience
the might of these rocks. |
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| Boulders are stacked on top of each other in many layers; not one
boulder is similar to another. |
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| The platform and its view down the valley. |
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| Just another combination of boulders. The valley is very
long, but the boulders are just over the length of about 1,500
metres. |
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| The boulders are framed in beautiful, pristine native bush with masses of
ferns, nikaus and numerous kauris. |
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| You better not be afraid of heights, otherwise don't look down to
see where that gushing sound is coming from. |
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| Duck... or else, one experiences also the hardness of
basalt... if one is not careful. |
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| View across the valley: some boulders are up to 30 m
high.
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| Another view across the boulders: these are just the smaller ones. |
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| One can touch, kiss, caress or even hit the rocks; they are that
close. |
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| The track leads through mysterious gaps; who knows what is behind
there? |
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| Typical fluting on all boulders, all created by the acidity in Kauri
leaves. |
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