"Centennial Gardens Waterfall. Napier. New Zealand." Waymark

Long Description:
The Centennial Gardens were developed in 1974 to commemorate the centenary of the establishment of Napier as a Borough and a city.

Previously, the site had been used by the Justice Department as a quarry, using prisoner labour from the Napier Prison, which stands on the opposite hillside across Coote Road.

Initially, prisoners and then City Council gardeners transformed the bare, dusty quarry into the present verdant gardens. All of the soil had to be imported onto site.

Water plays an important part in this garden. From the lower pool, water is pumped to the main pool, where it is again pumped to the top of the garden to flow noisily down the 120 foot rock cliff face and onwards back down to the lower pool.

The spray from the cascade and evaporation from the pool has over the years encouraged the growth of plants on the rock faces. The cliff face and waterfall are lit with green light for a short time in the early hours of darkness to provide a colourful new aspect to the garden.

The carpark is situated on the seaward side of the gardens on Coote Road. Wheelchair access to the gardens is by way of the path at the hill end of the car park.

Location of the waterfall: Coote Road. Napier., New Zealand. Coordinates of parking: Not listed Flow dates: From: 1/1/2008 To: 12/31/2008 Estimated height in feet: 120 River/stream/lake/reservoir: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
To log this waymark, you will need to be able to prove to the waymark owner that you were at the waterfall in question. An original photo of the waterfall with your GPS in the photo would count as proof. Or a logged visit to a geocache in the area of the waterfall could also count as proof of a visit.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log   7/17/2008 Punga and Paua visited it

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