Relief is an aesthetic pleasure in the public toilets of the small outback town of Kawakawa. Perhaps the most photographed in NZ, these were created by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Hiking along the beach, through a striking stone arch, then along the high mountain’s breath-catching edge at Whangarei. Passable only at low tide.
There’s Art in our lunch spot, nestled in the arm of a tree on the northern tip of the Cormandel Peninsula overlooking the Pacific.
This name beats Blood’s Seafood in Vermont!
After rain, we are lucky to get a clear view for our climb on Mt. Taranaki, a currently snoozing volcano.
After an hour boat ride (thanks Ted and Marilyn!) up the Whanganui River and a 45 minute tramp we encounter the Bridge to Nowhere. After WWI, steep-mountain jungle land was given to ex-soldiers for farming. That’s a thank you?? The road was never built, and the land was abandoned.
Launching the boat by tractor for our trip out to the nature reserve on Kapiti Island. Many endangered birds on the edge of extinction from alien predators are protected here. Note: there are NO indigenous mammals in NZ except for a couple types of bats. Introduced possums, stoats, ferrets, rodents and rabbits are killing and destroying habitat for the birds, many of which are flightless (including the wingless kiwi).
If your rights have been a little too respected lately, you can have your toes stepped on here.
1 comment:
Wow! Pretty spiffy. You guys must have enjoyed it a lot, that you went back and visited everything again, taking a second set of photos when you did.
Amazing trip. Thanks for keeping us posted!
(Still looking for some hobbit pictures.)
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