BLUE DUCKS AND BABBLING BROOKS
The name flows off the tongue almost like a whisper. This is a place of quiet, where the forest hushes the wind, muffles the sound of the streams, and the birds enjoy protection high in the canopy. Whirinaki possesses a beauty both magnificent and subtle: there are stands of podocarp so dense and seemingly ancient that they amplify their Mesozoic past of some 200 million years ago. But these stands are rare, even in Whirinaki, and this circuit more often passes through areas where the forest is less columnar, but still beautiful in its
