View from ship's balcony entering Bay of Plenty
View from ship's balcony entering Bay of Plenty
View from ship's balcony entering Bay of Plenty
Tender boats as viewed from the ship's balcony. Tender boats are needed to reach shore as there are no docking facilities for large vessels in the harbor for Paihia.
Tender boats as viewed from the ship's balcony. Tender boats are needed to reach shore as there are no docking facilities for large vessels in the harbor for Paihia.
Kauri forests contain an abundance of life including other large trees like Taraire, Kohekohe, Towai and Northern Rata. They also are vitally important refuges for threatened wildlife such as Kokako, North Island Brown Kiwi, Kukupa (NZ pigeon), and the more common Fantail, Pied Tit, Tui, Grey Warbler, Shining Cuckoo, and Kingfisher.
Kauri forests contain an abundance of life including other large trees like Taraire, Kohekohe, Towai and Northern Rata. They also are vitally important refuges for threatened wildlife such as Kokako, North Island Brown Kiwi, Kukupa (NZ pigeon), and the more common Fantail, Pied Tit, Tui, Grey Warbler, Shining Cuckoo, and Kingfisher.
Puketi Forest & Boardwalk - Manginangina Kauri Walk
Puketi Forest & Boardwalk - Manginangina Kauri Walk
Giant kauri trees
Giant kauri trees
Giant kauri trees
Rata vines - Photographed in the Puketi Kauri Forest
Schefflera digitata - Sevenfinger along Kauri Walk in Puketi Kauri Forest
Silver fern
Sunlight on a fern observed along Kauri Walk, Puketi Forest
Silver fern
New Zealand Moth - perhaps an ischalis gallaria, but I'm not sure.
L&P - Lemon and Paeroa - 'Lemony Stuff’. Boy was this stuff good.
