Blue Springs

This Easter weekend we took a long drive out to the middle of the farmlands and randomly there is this wonderful spring! It is on someone's private property, but the trail is open to the public. There is a spring called Blue Spring which is notable for it's crystal clear water. Apparently majority of Auckland's water comes from the spring! I can see why, it is pure and clean and always flowing. Really magical, just wanted to swim and float down the river but it was a whopping 11 degrees C, so not too warm.... Only thing is, the drive there is a bit boring, it is just endless farms. That being said, majority of New Zealand is farmland, so it is unavoidable. The beautiful part is this wonderful river and the trees surrounding it. You can see what New Zealand used to look like and be covered in this wonderful foliage. Now a days, it is a lot of planned tree plantings and farm lands, so don't look up on this walk. Stay absorbed in the river and the moment back in time because if you look up you see the barren green hills where the trees used to be but have been butchered and removed completely. What an odd but beautiful place!

Here are the photos! Happy Easter folks, eat tons of chocolate!