Walk 2: Omaru Falls, 31 March 2018
Omaru Falls, King Country
We met a local on the track to these falls, walking with her grandchild. She said the falls are not visited much – people don’t know about them. They’re on SH4 between Taumarunui and Te Kuiti. The Mapiu Stream plunges 50m down into a rocky pool at it’s base.
The toadstool we saw on the track is named ‘Fly agaric’ because of its use, when mixed with milk, as a method of warding off flies. It’s also hallucinogenic. They were introduced into NZ with pine trees imported from Europe.
Walk: Waikato and King Country 37
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