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Lake
Paringa
| A lakeside motel serves as a fishing lodge. The lake has plentiful brown
trout. In recent years quinnat salmon (presently protected) have been
re-establishing themselves here. The lake's access to the sea is a good
source of whitebait. A section of the old Haast-Paringa cattle track may be
walked from here, a track that began as a Maori trail and was upgraded for
cattle-droving in 1875. Perhaps 50,000 cattle made the journey before road
development rendered the track redundant in 1961. About 10 hrs of tramping
is involved. There are several huts. The track rejoins Highway 6 at the
Waita rivermouth. Leaflet available locally. |
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