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The Talisman
Battery Window Walk is one of those
walks that is just oooh so cool
for the kids to do. The walk was
reopened in 2006 with the upgrading of
the old goldmines, making them safer for
visitors to walk through. A leisurely
forty minute walk takes you along the
narrow track that clings to the rock
edge of the Waitewheta River, through
old gold mining tunnels and ending at
the Talisman Battery ruins.
The Window
Walk is not suitable for pushchairs or
wheel chairs due to the narrow paths and
several sets of stairs. There are no
steep hills to climb and although there
are several sets of stairs, none are too
steep.
The age
group of the children we took on the
walk were from six to eleven years old
and none of them found it taxing at all.
In fact the excitement of walking on the
track with the river raging below and
the prospect on tunnels had them eager
to continue on the walk.
The Talisman Battery Window Walk is in
the Karangahake Gorge, which is situated
between Paeroa and Waihi in the North
Island. Torches are a must as the mining
tunnels are very dark, if you are lucky
when you turn them off you may see
hundreds of glow worms lighting up the
low ceilings of the tunnels. |
