Today a visit to Washpen Falls, this is the office where you pay the $10 (adult) maintenance fee
The first part of the track goes through some forest
Once out of the forest we are greeted by some nice views of the surrounding hills
Back in to forest again, rocky formations
Not really a cave but kind of
Back to the nice views over the Canterbury Plains
I’m seeing faces in the rocks again
The actual falls
In summer I might have enjoyed a swim, too cold now
We continue, there’s supposed to be some lake coming up
But first we descend through forest again
This looks lovely. Clear water, I will definitely have a soak in here if I come back in summer
Ah, the lake. It’s small yet it has a canoe in there
We have a go at canoeing as well
Remnants of something they were doing here, I don’t remember what it said on the information sign
Lots of these on the trees here
A Kererū in the tree
And someone built a swing here!
So we both have a go at it, woohoo
Across from where we parked the car there are some alpacas in a paddock, we entered the paddock to get a little closer to them
Unlike many other animals these alpacas seem to leave all their (very small) droppings in a big pile, not seen that before