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Assorted WildlifeThe Canon digital camera does a very good job on the whole (as you can see) but for those photos where speed, delicacy, tact, and agility are indicated it is sometimes a bit slow. Here is a picture of a small friendly bird that I nearly photographed
Better luck in this case. This chap stayed with us for ages, only a foot or two away.
We are now starting to climb again, and this section of the bush, like the next, is filled with birdsong.
We pass another grotto (we pass lots actually), and each has its own attraction. In this case it was the grasses fringing it on either side that prompted the shot.
Miranda finds the first Powelliphantia shell. These large New Zealand snails are protected, and possession of even dead shells is prohibited. We have been told these are on the endangered list and we will be lucky if we see one, but it seems that whatever protective measures DOC is taking are working, as we see a round half dozen live ones over the next few days. (Funny, I was told they were nocturnal?)
Trish, Brian and Shona catch up to us near the boundary between Buller and Tasman. We decide it is time for some group photos.
We're starting to look like old campaigners now.
All this is about to change. Somehow we have it in our collective head that we have almost reached Mackay Hut. Such is not the case. It's off uphill again.
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