Dawson Falls (Te Rere O Noke Falls) Taranaki is an 18m waterfall by Mount Taranaki surrounded by ancient forest including moss covered native Totara and Kamahi trees, giving it the name 'Goblin Forest'.

Around 30 minutes from Stratford, the drive to Dawson Falls is truly stunning through the forest and it is well worth the trip for that alone.

The track down to Dawson Falls is well graded and only takes around 10 minutes to get to the bottom. You can park at the Dawson Falls carpark and then walk approximately 400 metres down Manaia road to the trail head.

There are lots of different compositions to choose from, I chose to shoot between some rocks at the bottom of the falls.

I used a 6 stop filter and 0.9GND filter on my lens to smooth out the water.