Ulwandle
Koutu Boulders
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Indawo
Koutu Loop Road
Opononi, Northland
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Take a walk on the beach between Koutu and Kauwhare points on the south shore of the Hokianga Harbour where you will find the Koutu Boulders, one of the Hokianga’s better kept secrets. The boulders are excellent examples of concretions : hardened nodules that form within sedimentary rocks. The word concretion comes from Latin and means “grown together”. They are composed of the same material as the surrounding rock and they form when a cementing mineral binds grains of sediment into a cohesive mass. It has been estimated that the largest of the boulders may have taken 5 million years to grow.
Take a walk on the beach between Koutu and Kauwhare points on the south shore of the Hokianga Harbour where you will find the Koutu Boulders, one of the Hokianga’s better kept secrets. The boulders are excellent examples of concretions : hardened nodules that form within sedimentary rocks. The word…
You may have only thought these rock formations only existed in the South Island
Walk down towards Waione Rd near where it connects to Koutu Loop Rd and turn left towards the harbor. If you now walk along the beach to the right you will come to the big round Koutu Boulders.