Whangarei Falls and Some Really Huge Trees

Leaving Auckland and heading off to Whangarei Falls on the Stray Travel bus. There were about 7 of us sleepy/hungover folk on the bus, and I slept for some of the way even though our driver (“Princess”) kept waking me up with little tidbits of information, most of which I’ve since forgotten. We stopped somewhere in between Auckland and Whangarei to see an amazingly huge tree (see photos). It was beautiful and reminded me of some of the huge redwoods in BC. When we got to the immaculately clean Whangarei Falls Backpackers I took a much needed nap before taking an hour long mini-hike to the splendid and very photogenic waterfalls. Dinner, and then off to bed!