7 of us set out for this 9 km walk on the Karapoti Gorge Trail to McGhies

Bridge and return. The weather had not quite made up its mind as to

what it wanted to do.  We experienced cooler temperatures, warmth and

rain. Under foot was very uneven, rocks to say the least and many

puddles to be avoided. I suppose you could say we zig/zagged a good part of the track to avoid the "puddles". We negotiated a river crossing

crossing, with the rain we had prior to the walk, the water was up some

and the rocks were rather slippery. We all managed the crossing both

ways with out to much in the way of a mishap. Of course, after the

previous weekend rain there were many waterfalls and some very pretty

ones were running down the moss-covered banks. The river follows the

track and it was running very fast. The bush on this walk is quite

spectacular as were the stand of Gum trees and with heat of the sun, the

perfume from the gum tree was very pleasant. The end of the walk was

followed by hot drink and food at Mitre 10

Leader: Denise Arcus