Image depicting Colemans Tunnel and shaft captured in 2023. Initially built during 1881-1882, the shaft now remains concealed within the surrounding vegetation. Moreover, the entrance to the connected tunnel has been purposefully buried under rocks in the 1980s. Today, the rocks themselves are hidden by regenerating bush and blackberry vines.
This footbridge connects Hine Road Recreational Reserve to Wainuiomata Regional Park. Nearby is Top Pool, a popular swimming hole.
View from Spear Cut Track of Reservoir Valley in Wainuiomata. Sunny Grove is hidden below the hill to the...
View of the damage in early 1884 to the Wainuiomata dam after the flood of October 1883. This photo...
Smith’s Whare, a fishing hut near Moores Valley Road and Whitcher Grove, was likely once a logging worker’s hut.
The Log Cabin was a hut situated in Catchpool Valley, serving as the starting point for numerous tracks leading...
A timeline taken from the same lookout near the car park at the top of the Wainuiomata Hill. Click...
Looking at a sign on the Whakanui Track indicating the direction of the track as well as other tracks....
Looking at the second section of Queen Street around the year 1960. Photo is taken on The Strand which...
Located in Wainuiomata Primary School, it is open 2pm-4pm every Sunday. Learn more →.
