CHARMING CREEK SOUTH WALKWAY

Charming Creek South Walkway is a short, 15-minute walk that follows an historic bush tramway. The track leads to a coal working area with historic remains and a Ruston and Hornsby Rail Tractor.

Charming Creek Walkway is split into two separate tracks due to a large active slip.

  1. Starting at Westport head east out on SH67.
  2. Continue on SH67 for around 31 km until Ngakawau.
  3. Just before Ngakawau River Bridge turn right onto Tyler Road.
  4. Around 450 metres down the road is the start of the track. Signs show where the track starts.

Old mining machinery located a short distance up the track.

Another angle of the mining machinery left behind.

Track leads easily through the bush for anyone who is interested in history of the area.

An old boiler rusting away in the bush in a clearing along the track.

History boards about Charming creek and about what happened here plus how the machinery and mining was done here years ago.

Further information about the mining and operations here at the time.

Shed cover for the information for visitors along the walkway.

Remains of an old chimney surrounded by native bush in the clearing.

Top of an old train that operated on the tracks that you follow through the charming creek walkway, rusting away.

View out to see of the Ngakawau River and Bridge.

View up the Ngakawau River from the bridge along the river.

another side view of old mining cart.

Looking up round the bend of the Ngakawau River.

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Remains of old mining carts that would have been pulled full of coal along these old tracks years ago.