18 November 2007

Arcus Track

Otaki Forks

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We carry on.

I wonder how long it's been since somebody was farming this land.

I like valleys.

It's too early to take five yet, but it's a nice thought and the view from here is not bad at all.

The river is quite a way below.

A healthy clump of kiokio

We continue, in and out of the bush, scruffy, scrubby - maybe I'll come back in forty years and see what's happened. Allan Esler commented that there's no such thing as a piece of vegetation as a static object. It's always a process of becoming.

We're out in the open again. The long grass is still wet.

It's going to be a nice day.

I wonder if the dreaded didymo has already arrived here. It looks similar to the stuff we encountered in the Mavora Walkway.

We're winding around in a very big circle and heading back to the campground

It's OK but I definitely wouldn't call it beautiful

We're heading downhill again for a bit.

For all the scruff, the larger valley has its own charm.

We carry on.