Tag: Walk
New Plymouth Costal Track – in half a film
I mentioned over Christmas at New Plymouth that I had brought along an old disposable camera as well as my Sony. Simple, point and shoot with a plastic lens and low cost 35mm colour film. Well, the developing/scans came back. Amazingly all exposures were fine – not great, but thats the lo mo plastic lens way. […]
Read More New Plymouth Costal Track – in half a filmView Point
A new morning had me heading up to a spot I had seen the previous day when venturing outside camp – View Point. Unsurprisingly, I later learnt that view point is just a generic term used on the island for various walks that led to a view. I’ll always remember this one as View Point […]
Read More View PointFarewell for now Dunes
Lake Wainamu and its Dunes, a genuinely amazing and diverse half day trip, I can whole heatedly recommend to all if visiting Auckland!
Read More Farewell for now DunesMy Team Down Below
Catching my breath, I reach the top. It’s high! – but dunes just being a pile of sand, I find it hard to gauge the height. My work colleagues are small dots though. Running across the crest of the dune, I gradually work my way back down to the river and the others. Wading through […]
Read More My Team Down BelowLooking Back to the Lake
Down the valley, a river following the dunes, they rise above you like a giant wave of sand. I climb up the side of the dune, having to dig my hands into the sides as well as feet, the soft sand and steep gradient giving one the feeling they could tumble back at any stage.
Read More Looking Back to the LakeGate to the Dunes
We hit the lake side, and then make a gradual climb up the hill beside it. Some of this land is still in private ownership, and the track access gifted to the local council for the use of the people (and visitors) of Auckland. As we hit a gate at the top of the climb, […]
Read More Gate to the DunesThe Lake
Walking through the Bush, there are times when one is completely surrounded by threes, and other times when the view of the great lake open up in a clearing. Weaving in and out of the bush, Tui’s and other native birds can be heard.On the far end of the lake we reach a small waterfall […]
Read More The LakeThe Green Bush by the Lake
Taking another 15minutes heading straight up and over the dunes, on their less severe gradient side, we descend down and capture a view of Lake Wainamu. Moving to the right of the lake, we find the trail and begin the one’ish hour circumnavigation of the beautiful still lake and lush green bush.
Read More The Green Bush by the LakeLake Wainamu Dunes
As mentioned yesterday, work took me on a fun little outing on Friday to the lake and sand dunes but Bethells Beach on Aucklands West Coast. Over the next few days I’ll narrate my photos from the trip. A 10 minute walk through open scrub land, off Bethells Road (heading to Bethells Beach) we […]
Read More Lake Wainamu Dunes