Third Branch in Thames-Coromandel District

Third Branch in Thames-Coromandel District is a stream.
Waterway Type
stream

Attraction

  • Old battery – approx. 750 m.
  • Collins Drive – approx. 900 m.
  • Old battery – approx. 1,3 km.
  • Old battery – approx. 2,2 km.
  • Tarawaere Dam – approx. 6,5 km.
  • Tarawaere Dam – approx. 6,5 km.
  • Old battery – approx. 6,7 km.
  • Long – approx. 6,7 km.
  • Waterfalls Dam – approx. 7,0 km.
  • Billygoat Incline Hauler – approx. 7,6 km.

Campsite

  • Catleys Campsite (tents allowed, caravans allowed). Camp on the river banks, 6 km north of Kauaeranga visitor centre. – approx. 8,0 km.
  • Booms Flat Campsite (tents allowed, caravans allowed). A popular and spacious campsite in the Kauaeranga Valley, 6 km north of the visitor centre. – approx. 8,3 km.
  • Wainora Campsite (tents allowed, caravans allowed). This scenic campsite is at the start of the Cookson Kauri Walk, with attractive water views on the walk. – approx. 8,3 km.
  • Whangaiterenga Campsite (tents allowed, caravans allowed). Camp near to where the Whangaiterenga Stream and Kauaeranga River meet. From the campsite there is a 1 hour return walk to a lookout. – approx. 8,4 km.
  • Hydro Camp (tents allowed) – approx. 8,5 km.
  • Hotoritori Campsite (tents allowed, caravans allowed) at Kauaeranga Valley Road 1271. Camp river side in the Kauaeranga Valley, 3 km north of visitor centre. – approx. 8,6 km.

Parking

  • Puketui Roadend Carpark (surface, free) – approx. 1,1 km.
  • Billygoat Track Carpark – approx. 7,9 km.
  • carpark for Outlook 76 walk (street-side) – approx. 8,2 km.
  • carpark for Hoffman's Pool nature walk (street-side) – approx. 8,4 km.
  • carpark for Hoffman's Pool (street-side) – approx. 8,4 km.

Viewpoint

  • Lookout – approx. 950 m.
  • Billy Goat Landing – approx. 8,2 km.
  • Lookout 76 – approx. 8,3 km.
  • Edwards Lookout – approx. 8,5 km.