WAIMEHA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 58, 29 November 1907, Page 3

WAIMEHA.

A change of environment is bracing, more especially when one contemplates the difference between Queen - street, Auckland, and the realm of Nature, as it is found at Waimeha. Here, if anywhere, is a haven where the busy merchant can recuperate; whez-e the rumble of cars is not, and the noise and rush of the madding crowd is unknown. To the west of the railway the forest primeval extends up the hillside and far beyond. Here, hoary pines, clad in lichen and moss, rear their heads, and clinging clematis, on bush and trees, add lustre and beauty to the view. The bush has a charm all its own In its shade one is constrained to listen in silent contentment, to the music of its feathered denizens. To the east of the line the Ongarue stream slowly meanders its way over rocks and crags and finally empties its waters into the Wanganui river near Taumarunni. The Ongarue is an ideal stream for the angler, affording plenty of scope for his art against the wily piscian tribe. In the shade of fern and cliff, with a grand panorama of mountain, hill and glen before him, he can mentally gather the materials for his next " fish story." Away in the distance the far-famed peaks of Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe can be seen against the Southern sky, their mantle of snow glistening in the sun, or may be Ngauruhoe is belching forth dense pillars of smoke, which tell of the warring forces within.