Sledge Track Loop is a short walk option from the larger Sledge Track. It starts and ends at the Mackay Cottage site and navigates around a wetlands with flax plantings. The main walk typically takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes, whereas the loop walk can be completed in approximately 10 minutes. It serves as a pleasant extension to the Gums Loop Walk since the loop walk diverges from that track.
Norman Willis, a land developer and owner, established a subdivision in Homedale, Wainuiomata in the late 1950s – 1960s.
A glimpse back to 1958 showing a freshly graded stretch of roadway along Wainuiomata Road (Wainuiomata Hill Road).
Postcards featuring this picturesque view of the spillway date back to 1905. They were widely circulated, along with other...
View of the Empire Hotel in 1955. This pub was located on Moores Valley Road just back from the...
Looking at the second section of Queen Street around the year 1960. Photo is taken on The Strand which...
Photo of the Wainuiomata River, Main Street Bridge, and Wainuiomata Primary School, circa 1920. You can see the second...
Looking at Nikau Creek Valley in Wainuiomata Regional Park, as seen on a foggy winter day. Within this valley...
This small foot bridge is located on the Whakanui Track where it crosses Skerretts Creek above Sunny Grove.
![Wainuiomata River and School, Circa 1920 [Public Domain]](https://wainuiomata.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Wainuiomata-River-School-480x270.jpg)
