Matts photos 📷

 

Juvenile Black-shouldered kite

Swamp wallaby

Short-beaked echidna 

Little penguin 

Grey-headed flying fox

Giant rainforest mantid

Forest Kingfisher

Leaf-burying mangrove crab















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Signing off ✍️

Image
Well, what a crazy time its' been. We're currently sat at Munich Airport waiting for our 3rd flight that gets us back to Brum. We left Auckland about 32 hours ago and have managed about 5 hours sleep on our last flight, but we are getting there! We flew with Air New Zealand first then Lufthansa, and we definitely feel there was a higher quality of customer service from Air New Zealand. Maybe I could get a job flying with different airlines and rating them! Although there is sadness that it's all over, we're definitely feeling good about returning. It was always only for a year and the next adventure is already waiting for us, who knows where we're going to end up within the next year or so. We've go so much to look forward to, from the second we land there are birthdays, weddings, holidays, alongside getting back to the day to day and sleeping in a normal bed. I'm also excited to start reading this blog back myself to remind us of everything we've done! ...
Read more

Feeling touristy 🫧

Image
We mooched around Wellington for a little while the next day, and had some awesome toasties at Fred's Sandwiches. Matt and I are big fans of anything which contains copious amounts of melted cheese. We then hit the road north stopping for the night in a free spot in Waverley. Free spots for the non-self contained are very sparse, so we're going to use them whenever we can find them.  We took it slow the next morning as we had plans to get up to the Mount Tariaki viewpoint for sunset, to get the best light and views, then wander back down in the dark. This meant we didn't need to start walking until about 2pm. As we got to the start of the walk we were very aware we weren't going to get the amazing views but thought we'd stick with the plan. It's also a kiwi zone so another chance to potentially spot one when we walked down after sunset. However, about 2/3rds of the way up it was pouring with rain, lots of the path was flooded, and there were lots of slippery roo...
Read more

A kiwi farewell 🥝

Image
From Whangarei Heads we drove up to the Karikari peninsula to another DOC campsite right by the beach at Maitai Bay. It was getting on so we only had time for a stroll on the beach before dark, luckily we love strolling on beaches. We woke to pigs in the field and a sheep that liked a fuss!  We started the day with a walk out to the headland, taking the binoculars to search for any marine activity but nothing to report. We managed to stay dry but it rained for the rest of the day, which was okay as we were mostly travelling anyway. We stopped for the night at a campsite in Pukenui, one of my favourite types of campsite, one with cats!  Next stop, Cape Reinga! The most northerly point in NZ. Before you get there you pass Te Paki sand dunes, a huge set of sand dunes as far as the eye can see. As the sun happened to be shining and the temperature in double digits we did a bit of sand boarding. It was initially terrifying but super fun when you get going.  After, we made it u...
Read more