When we first moved to Greymouth we lived for a few weeks just out of town near the Arnold Valley. This is one of the walks in this area and it is one of the nicest I have done along the river and dam.
It's roughly 2.1km and starts at the beginning where we could see some old structures that were built during the depression era.
Near the top looking out over the valley and river and is a popular area for kayakers.
The river was originally known to Maori as Kotukuwhakaoka, the name of a chief from the north island who had followed it upstream to the lake. According to legend, the chief was attacked by a Taniwha which later became one of the 2 islands in the lake after it was killed by his son.
The orange markers seen throughout the walk are there to show people which way to go through the loop.
This little blue mushroom is hallucinogenic. It's name is Entoloma Hochstetteri aka sky blue mushroom.
Someone had left this little painted rock near the entrance, sometimes you can find these left by people - I think it's clever.
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16 comments:
Wonderful photos! Those stairs look like a challenge to me! Wishing you a grand week! Cathy
What a valley to explore. That blue mushroom must be mycelium interrupta
Love the greens
Looks like a cool place to explore.
I've never seen a blue mushroom before. How interesting!
Hugs and blessings, Amy
Looks like a very nice walk by me and 2.1 km is still survivable.
Haha, I've heard rumours about the little blue mushrooms on the West Coast :))
A lovely area. Best to give that mushrooma wide berth
...part of the loop going throught a tropical rainforest, neat!
That was an invigorating walk!
That looks like a beautiful place to walk.
What a beautiful area to walk nnd explore nature,
I went on a similar walk, but here. Ha! And without the great mushrooms!
Your macig mushroom looks very different than those we have in Finland. Did you pick it up? 🙃
Lovely new header image, very autumny.
Very nice area and the stone is very nice!
This looks like a rugged hike but worth the effort! Thanks for joining us this week at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2023/04/continued-from-last-week.html
Those painted rocks are fun. What a great place to walk and take photos.
Thank you for showing me
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