
Shots as the afternoon sun began dropping from the sky and the evening appeared.
Pentax Q, 02 Lens.
photos and other things…
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 the river, it exits again in the bush, where we started, back to the car park.
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 dunes come into focus again.
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 – a common stop point for tourists in the area.
After a short stop, we continue on the track again heading back towards Bethells and the dunes.