A great place to celebrate, 16 metres high in the tree top tower of the Maungatautari Ecological Reserve...................A goal should be to do the six hour cross mountain walk before my next!
Later I wanted to suss out before a longer visit the Whangamarino wetland, a Ramsar site near Meremere. Its a vast area and has 20% of NZ bitterns to be seen there. Also the rare black mud fish and the helmut orchid that is found nowhere else in the world.
A friend has suggested that we take the kayak next time but that would have to be after the duck shooting season for fear of ending up on someones wall as a trophy.