The Waikato River runs through the city of Hamilton, on its way from Mount Ruapehu on the central volcanic plateau to Port Waikato on the west coast of the North Island. We live close by and often take advantage of the walkways/cycleways that follow the course of the river along both banks.

On our travels we’ll be seeing some of the world’s greatest rivers: the Colorado, the Hudson, the Thames, the Rhine and the Danube.

*The name of a novella by Norman Maclean, which was made into a wonderful film of the same name, directed by Robert Redford in 1992