Distance: 5.9 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 749m to 868m. Gain: 120m. Loss: 1m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmaintained track (5/9)
Former track, overgrown - markers / ground trail still followable

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

An old 4WD track heads up the riverbed from Kennedy Hut to Waterfall Hut. Waterfall is tucked in a gorge-like side valley on the east of the main valley floor. This section of riverbed was dry when I visited but could clearly flood - it's a large river flat. 1.5-2.5hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Follow the riverbed / old 4WD track downriver to Kennedy Memorial Hut which sits on the western bank against a patch of beech forest. Great sunny spot with views up the valley. This section of riverbed was dry when I visited but could clearly flood - it's a large river flat. 1.5-2.5hrs