Taitua Arboretum

Just on the outskirts of Hamilton (Raglan side) is the Taitua Arboretum. We were staying at a property up the same road and one day, just before the sun set, decided to go for a short walk up the road. This is what we found! A lovely walk through beautiful trees with lots of interesting places to enjoy along the way.

Those are chooks on the path up ahead. When they saw us, they raced towards us. Perhaps they thought we were bringing them supper! 

More friendly birds.

There was a map of the walk on boards in a couple of places, but although we studied them carefully, I can't say they were easy to commit to memory. There were options—shall we take this path . . . or turn left . . . or maybe not! It was getting rather late and we only had time for the short walk, but as the path seemed to be curving around to the right instead of the left to head back to the road, we wondered if we'd made a wrong choice at the last fork in the road.

This peahen merged into the background making her hard to see clearly.

Dave seems to know where he's going . . . maybe?

There were plenty of ducks enjoying the wet puddles created by the recent wet weather.

A new creation in progress.

And not far from that were these interestingly placed rocks in a neighbouring paddock. We didn't really have time to investigate. We were still trying to find the way out before it became too dark.

Finally, we found the exit and the way we'd come in. These are some of the farms overlooking the entrance to Taitua Arboretum.

Off in the distance, we could see the lights of Hamilton. 

 In the other direction as we walked home along the road was the Morman Temple, all lit up, with Mount Kakepuku in the background.

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