Not far from Matamata on the Hauraki Plains lies the Wairere Falls, highest waterfalls in the North Island. They are 150m tall and two tiered. I had heard of it not long ago and had wanted to go there for quite a while before finally having a day off work and a friend to go with. The walk to the base of the falls takes about 45 minutes and if you want to walk to the top its another 45 minutes. The day that we went was blustery and windy, and one of the other walkers told us the forecast was for rain after midday, which sped us up a bit (up to that point it was a slow meandering walk as I was more interested in taking photos of the sights than in getting to where we were going).
There were multiple pools which would have been great swimming holes, if the water wasn’t so icy freezing cold. Watching your footing was important, as there were lots of rocks, tree roots and multiple steps as well as a huge staircase on the way there, but at last we arrived at the viewing platform. I would like to go back another day and walk all the way to the top, preferably when the wind has died down and its not threatening to rain. The walk back was much quicker & downhill, then it was off to Matamata for a bite to eat.
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