WAIPOUA KAURI FOREST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19550, 1 February 1927, Page 11

WAIPOUA KAURI FOREST.

RESORT FOR MOTORISTS," MAGNIFICENT SCfefeftY* • • f After experiencing somo rough traveling, Mr. R. E. Chnmptnloupj-* 'Aofvioov' officer for tho Auckland Automobile Association, returned to Auckland yesterday from a visit to the Wafnoua - ! kami' forest. Mr. Champtaloup' advises motorista who havo exhausted tho usual tours to make this trip. Tho; roads in the vicinity are so easily affected by rain, however, that motorists should exorcisu care in choosing tho few 'day/ necessary for tho trip. - . From Dargayillq the roacVis,l«lio)vetl to Kailm, a distanco of nr3<iS. f - Tho route is very picturesque, aitd; in places lit runs through i'escuo grass-almost, its. high as the hood of the car, Passing trains show only the tops of - riagos to tho observeron tho middle of a deserted plain an. isolated strip of concrete.- breaks ." of tho metal -. road. It 100 yds." long, -but it- remains as * an . oxamplo of the finest and- -most expensive, class of load tuclM aiviiy. in which is avoided by the. cautious.-motoir- . ist for six- months of Ui£ j'&yv;" J tho visitor can apeiiil jfc^ 1 inspecting a remarkable ./of , kauri gum and Maori, curios, winch mo . kept in tho hotel. . * i ■ Leaving Kailm, tho road jjfjiuches to tho right, and leads to tho- • Traunson'*** Kauri Park/ .after,dive and >H'hasf; miles. A track runs through forest for two arid a-half miles to Arangft, afld here is an ideal camp site. Trout fishing can iut found to satisfy the most exacting angler, and there are facilities frji- Kwitviming. From Trounson Park, tho Waipoua kauri forest, is . reached. after... travelling for . six miles via Donnelly's Grossing. Tho road:-which' IV being pushed through tho heart of the bush, will, give a scenic drive of 16 miles through '• -Magnificent country. , * From Trouiisoa Park, a motor road continues north through Tutssmoe and Waimatcnui, • crossing the''upper reaches of tho Mangakahia Jtivor to Kaikohe v , Passing over tho Tatamoa ni6uniaius r -»4i« ~l road ascends to an altitude of nearly 2600 ft,, and affords a remarkable pai^c*.. raroa of tho Pacific Ocean. Lookfisg south, innumerable ranges rut the skyline toward Whaugarei. Tho trip from Dajrgaville to Kaikohc can be made comfortably in four and "af-half.hourp.