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Went out for a walk for a few hours on the Inland Pack Track today. Sunshine and lots of birds. My favourite were a group of inquisitive Fantails that followed me down the track. Amazing wee things.
Leaving Punakaiki tomorrow and heading up to the Motueka and Kaiteriteri area to get ready for the Heaphy Track, the last big walk of this trip.
#newzealand #wildlife #photography #birdsofinstagram
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Beautiful morning - woke up at sunrise (easy to do when you are sleeping in a car with no curtains!) and went for a jog around Lake Matheson at Fox Glacier. A very beautiful place, with reflections of the mountains, and the mist rising from the lake surface.
Shot on A7rii ISO50 24mm f14 1/25 with variable ND. Color based on CL-Canes profile from #lutifyme #newzealand #glaciercountry #southisland #travel #photography
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Landed in Christchurch last night. Took a wander in the city today after a wee lunch with Cat. Weird to see the ongoing rebuilding, and just how much devastation there was.
Headed about an hour away to Akaroa. The drive up reminded me a bit of Scotland, as it was a wee bit rainy! Opened out later to beautiful evening sun over the bay
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A grey and misty day today in Eastern Tassie. Changeable like Scotland! Drove down from Coles Bay to Port Arthur to visit the historic convict prison. Really interesting to see one of the key places in Australian history, and also in British “justice”. The “Separate Prison” was the most interesting bit, linking the ideas from Pentonville in the UK to Pennsylvania and Tasmanian prison systems. A really good book on this is “The Fatal Shore” by Robert Hughes.
#australia #history #tasmania
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Left Lilydale this morning and drove over to the North East. Stopped at the “Blue Tier Big Tree” walk…and saw the big tree. 🌳 Bit of a worrying drive with the camper down a single track gravel road. Spoke to some local people who said they were trying to get the area turned into a nature reserve. Big trees deserve better.
