We drove up not knowing quite what to expect, and the drive was amazing in it's own right. Skating across the tips of the range, in and out of the various mountain's shadow, views across fields and valleys, turn a corner and into dense forest, around the next corner and see across a valley nestled between the folds of the ranges. some really stunning stuff.
What was also amazing was the visitor centre itself. It's free to visit, and phenomenal, you could easily spend a few hours strolling around and taking it all in. Outside the centre on the edge of the range, looking out to a valley is a beautiful ornate picture frame.
Which is large enough to sit inside of and have many people in it for photo's.
The view behind the frame is amazing.
Up in the visitor centre itself, is a ramp which circles around into the centre and has a lookout point to see atop the ranges and the valley.
In the centre are an amazing amount of displays about the local area, there's a relief map, a display with the local magnetic sands, video presentation, a kids corner with a microscope, bird calls, local lizards, a walk through the forest, and more... but my favourite part was this huuuuge window which hung out over the valley, filled with a comfy cushion to lay back on and take all the view in.
When we were there we could see boats in the harbour.
We also went for a walk on the track through the forest.
We found one tree belonging to Australia... the Carmicheal, a NZ Broom.
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