Eyes Above The Waves

Robert O'Callahan. Christian. Repatriate Kiwi. Hacker.

Wednesday 2 January 2008

Christmas Excursions

We've been out and about over the Christmas break. The weather has been fantastic. We spent nine days up north. We visited Matheson Bay:

Matheson Bay

The pohutukawas are stunning this year.

The walk from the beach up by the creek is short but excellent.

MathesonsCreek.jpg

Back in Auckland things are amazingly quiet, probably because everyone else is still out of town! Yesterday we went out to the Hunua Ranges for a walk and a picnic. (Until yesterday I'd only been there once or twice, barely remembered, which is silly given what a huge park it is within an hour of Auckland.) We visited the falls first:

HunuaFalls.jpg

Then we did the Cossey-Massey loop track up to the Cossey Dam and back. The ferns are particularly amazing. Apparently more than half of NZ fern species are present in the area.

HunuaFerns.jpg

One day I'd like to get into tramping and camping. That's the only way to explore the more remote parts of the Hunuas.

Comments

Craig
Hi Rob,
You are right, the pohutukawas are terrific this year. Have a good one.
Craig.
fantasai
Very pretty. I especially love the color gradient in New Zealand waters. :)