On Sunday I went for a walk with the local tramping club to the Waitakaruru Arboretum, which is near Hamilton. It used to be free and open 7 days, but now it is by appointment and costs $15 to get in. The owners are crowd sourcing for money so that they can be open all the time for free in the not to distant future.
Waitakaruru Arboretum was a quarry. There is 17.5 hectares that has been transformed by the planting of about 20,000 trees. Quite an achievement. They started in 1991. There are 2 ponds. One near the car park and the other at the bottom of the quarry. They are both pretty with water lilies and lovely plantings on the edges.
The walk is 2 km long with sculptures to admire as you go.
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| a sculpture in the park |
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| A thoughtful lady in the bottom pond |
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| Steps down to the bottom pond |
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| A girl looking at the lady bird on her arm. |
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| pond near the car park |
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