THE WAITAANGA FALLS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 197, 9 January 1913, Page 7

THE WAITAANGA FALLS.

' WHAtf; A pRTY.SAW. •■ ■■■■ The recently located Waitaanga Falls;' were visited at' Christmas by a party of ; -Ohiwav -residents—Messrs J. Sco'ies, H. j ' G<Je andiitEeJ iHeiily-rrwlio relate- their ex- ■ ■periences iji.'thfl Oluu'a Advocate. They] left tyliUTa.'at 11.30 on Christina* Eve; 'anil reached, a surveyor's camp at the j an the. Tongaporutu road • two liourk la.tesr. n-..After; a short rest J ..■dicy.'Btfetedi;off';(ai)Out 5.30 on Christmas] .mOTni:pg fort • the;,; falls. , Missing th« ] [■'tfaclc'delayed nthenlr for some time, and kfti sw o'elock-iii the: evening, they camp-, ed for the night I ,'; still: gome distance'! from art, Boxing mom- I ing they were on the' move again, and it was ten reached the ', falls, describes i thus: "All three realised' that it was J [ wel'i worth the"Journey we had taken to ; I see thejn..iyl- have seen some beautiful" j falls in'ot'her countries;'but never anyI thi^|Jsp,4ij^i, ; and"tiiose are so entirely, | different , At the'first'.glance'you would imagine;,you were looking at a .huge ■■ironclad with the.-water running out of Jier,,scuppers as the-ciiff-is' exactly the : sanie. shape, even to, the' rounded bilge 1 of jier hull. Tlie, water 'lit,'first sight ;■ a ..long,; s.trii),' o,f wa\iug' ( in4Jie winsj, at times tiipwmd catching', .jt : &nd,niu,v!ng .it^uite.f^'nV.'six 1 to eight : feet at'the bottom, 'drops iiTuo a lake aboutjir,i acre in size.' The' faj'i' of aTrn'"d*6es not touch anything from top to bottom, and tlje falls are Siatil a&ai® sea level. Tlje country itself in this locality is wejd, wovtlr"a~trip-1© «*e; -a*-you arc almost., ;.s^n-quiKlad. ;; by bluffs, liljljft t high p arid you ;] earivlook,,stralgljt'.up oy.erho'ad arjd see; .theV.vimns/ apjpines'r'at the toji, which ,a.jipea.r quite. ,blii,e! "\Ve spent four- hours; at the falls, and Lam sureil co.u'id.liave spent il'tnir W.fjeks ,there with-: out losing interest;."' 3'lf.ej; say. that fcUpwing.. the prqpei; tvajck it; would be ppsfsihlo .to visit,the, falls (from. l Ohura;) : and-ba'ck-.JJi : t,wo, it i.s fair(y leveling. , ; ,!;,|„ (i ; .■j i , yi ~; , ] ;