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Bush
Walking At Levuka |
| Oaky Creek Bushwalk is
one and a half hours of moderate to medium bushwalking through old
growth rainforest. Three very large
strangler figs are a highlight of the first half of this walk. One of the figs is
immense, its roots travel for a long distance through the forest and across the
open paddock. The root ball of the original tree is one meter above the
present forest floor indicating the age of the tree to be over one thousand
years. Toward the end of Oaky
Creek walk is a small waterfall. Walkers may then choose to walk on to a
rock pool and a dip then continue until the track comes out behind the
house or take a short-cut back along Rosemary's Road to Dedicated bushwalking tracks have been developed on Levuka. Oaky Creek Track is one and a half hours of easy to medium
walking. features include three significant fig trees. The largest is thought to be 1500 years old. it roots spread out
over the forest floor and extend across the open paddock. The root ball is
one meter above the current floor of the forest indicating the level of the
forest floor when the original tree was about 300 years old. Those who
wish to look for very rare and endangered bird species should start their
search at this place.
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