Wednesday 9th October Trip Details

With daylight savings here and the longer days we head over the Spooners Range and Hope Saddle to Murchison where we will stop for a lunch break. From here we will continue on our way to the powerful Maruia Falls. This is a must see for locals and tourists alike. These falls were created by the Murchison earthquake in 1929. A landslide was triggered which diverted the course of the Maruia River further west, thus cutting a new channel over an old river bank. When the river had eroded the gravels the bank became Maruia Falls. This will be a great day out.