Roaring Billy Falls Walk
Roaring Billy Falls Walk
Haast Pass
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Marios Gavalas
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Westland names are evocative of the pioneering days. This waterfall sounds like a roaring billy, the welcome sound of a revitalising hot drink on a wet day.
Access
On SH6, 29 km from Haast Junction (the DoC visitor Centre), the parking area is signposted on the left.
Track
A magica piece of rainforest with soft tree fern (katote) standing like sentries amongst large podocarps, including a hollow-cored matai and a rimu with a a wayward cling-on rata.
The track weaves to a bench and steps by the Haast River with views of Roaring Billy Falls opposite.
Flora
Native mistletoe is a conspicuous plant on this walk. Increasingly rare these days, as possums love browsing their succulent foliage.
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Reviews
Flatlanders
Ranking: 7/10
It's a walk indeed. Very short bushwalk, nice big fall even after little rain, wide stoney river, blue glacierwater. Nice stack-some-stones stop on your way to real hikes/tramps. Not crowded but you sure aren't alone.
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Dorothy
Ranking: 10/10
Short walk, 10 minutes, very big waterfall and huge, very nice stony beach.
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Anthony Brown
Ranking: 10/10
Short walk through forest leads to river with falls.
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Helen and Ogi
Ranking: 8/10
This walk takes you along an old mining/railroad track along beautiful West Coast river to some pretty impressive waterfalls. Great views, but not too strenuous.
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Rachel_Flowers
Ranking: 8/10
Good short walk on west side of Haast Pass....nobody else was there, making it even better. You gotta walk over the cobbled rocks to see the blue of the Haast River right at the falls.
Solveig Mosinski
Ranking: 10/10
Short, but beautiful tracks.
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Thanks to all the good people working for the NZ Department of Conservation - for all your hard work - making NZ more beautiful, accessable and healthy! Cheers 😍
