Weekend Fog

Late morning one weekend the fog had not cleared, yet the sun was high in the sky. Made for some interesting well lit but limited view scenery.

Waiting

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. […]

View 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 […]

Farewell 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!

My 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 […]

Looking 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.

Gate 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, […]

The 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 […]

The 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.