Sunday walk II

It was Sunday and it was Sunny. How could we not go for a walk??!
Destination: Mt Climie. Not the first time up, but the first time in Spring :)

We saw quite a few Red Admiral's which was very nice to see, I'd never noticed how they have red antennae before!

I think there were more species of moss and lichen on each tree than there were species of tree on the whole hill side...

Oh look! A plant!!
And yet more moss...
Mana Island looking very scenic from the top (and the Marlborough Sounds behind)

Fenn enjoyed the fact that we couldn't walk very easily in the alpine plants but she could run around underneath them!







I think Fenn has inherited my appreciation for a good view :)














The Holy Tree! (spelling intentional)


Yes - it's true - I did actually take some of these photos! (none of the really good ones though, thanks Nick!)
Fenn got sick of waiting around for Nick and I to take photos...



























I found a high, rotting, leaning pole, so naturally decided to climb it!




On the way down this bit of metal fell off... I told you it was falling apart!



Hi from Nick and Me!



WOW. I've called this place Astelia Fields. Can you guess why?!
(bloody awesome photo Nick!)
We got to 850m up. I do find it quite amusing that this is 2/3 of the height of Ben Nevis, the highest 'mountain' in the UK :P

Fenn enjoyed running about at Astelia Fields!
But then got tired...














Walking home it got pretty dark. More Astelia - this time in a Rimu tree


This is a GPS track from Nick's Iphone - it doesn't go quite to the top cause we forgot to start it, and the straight line is where we turned it on and off again on the way up - so it filled in the gap with a line...


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We'd worked up quiet an appetite so had a 3 course meal of Turkish goodness... YUM