Tag Archives: Heaphy Track

Feb 28 2013
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Daily Post, Landscape

DOC worker near Twin Beach, Heaphy Coast

Thursday 28th February 2013, 1.40pm (day 553)

DOC worker, Heaphy Coast, 28/2/13

DOC is the Department of Conservation, the body who look after New Zealand’s wonderful environment, and are trying to continue to do so in the face of the same old funding pressures foisted on us by the moronocracy. Be nice to these people, who are basically trying to help the world. Mind you, they do get to work in some pretty attractive locations.

Last day walking the Heaphy Track – usually people take five days, I did it in three, including a 37km (23 mile) last day. My feet hurt. But I’m happy to have done it, and now I’ve caught up with this blog: however, more photos from the walk, and details on the experience, are shortly going up on my walking blog.

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Feb 28 2013
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The James Mackay hut

Wednesday 27th February 2013, 4.25pm (day 552)

James Mackay hut, 27/2/13

Seven of these huts are spaced along the Heaphy Track, providing shelter, gas for cooking, and companionship – at least, if you don’t mind being woken at 6.30am by a large group of middle-aged hearty types making tea and strapping on their hiking boots. Oh, hang on – that’s me, these days. Still, not a bad view is it?

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Feb 28 2013
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Georg and the weka

Tuesday 26th February 2013, 6.35pm (day 551)

Georg and weka, 26/2/13

First day on the Heaphy Track. To save all three of them being just landscapes here is some human – and animal – interest. The bird is a weka, a flightless relative of the kiwi, unique to New Zealand and – this particular one anyway – seemingly well practiced in the art of thievery. This was taken at the shelter/campsite of Gouland Downs, a very atmospheric spot; comedy value was high as Georg, camping out, kept having the weka sneak up behind him, only to scurry away as he turned around. Here the nemeses come face to face with each other.

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