Walk 41, 28th Sept 2020
This is another mainland island, like Bushy Park, but without the pest proof fence. It has about 200 kiwi. We returned at night hoping to see some but didn’t. There’s a 50-50 chance of seeing them. We heard one call and a morepork answered.
The park has some fine kauri trees but it’s not as well visited as the nearby Waipoua forest.
This forest is a gift to us from James Trounson, an early settler. The park opened in 1921.
Walk: Northland 26
Links
History:
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/trounson-kauri-park
Three men admire the grove of trees known as ‘the cathedral’ in Trounson Kauri Park in the early 20th century.
We stayed here: Kauri Coast Top 10
NZShortWalks 