Gorge Burn - Cozette Burn, 21 - 31 December 2019

21 December: Kayaking across Lake Te Anau from the DOC Office in Te Anau to the mouth of the Gorge Burn, then up to a campsite near Pt 556m.
22 December: Gorge Burn to Lake Boomerang.
23 December: From Lake Boomerang over Mt Baird to McPherson Pass.
24 December: North along the tops to a campsite directly above Hidden Lake.
25 December: Down into the Cozette Burn East Branch and to Hidden Lake, then up to a campsite in the Cozette Burn West Branch, below Coronation Peak.
26 December: Back to Hidden Lake and down valley into the Cozette Burn.
27 December: Pit day.
28 December: Up Tuaraki Stream to a campsite west of Mount Fowler.
29 December: Around Lake Tuaraki to Fowler Pass and down to Lake Boomerang.
30 December: Down the Gorge Burn, then kayak across Lake Te Anau to the mouth of the William Burn.
31 December: kayak Lake Te Anau to Te Anau.
With Heather Rhodes and Juliet Meldrum

The waterfall draining the lake below Coronation Peak, at the head of the Cozette Burn West Branch. Mount Wera top left.
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Cave orbweaver (Taraire rufolineata). Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
Gorge Burn Cozette Aotearoa Arachnida Cozette Burn Fauna Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau Meta rufolineata New Zealand Tetragnathidae Tramping cave orbweaver spider wildlife Taraire rufolineata
From Taraire rufolineata
Snail (Thermia spp.). Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
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From Genus Thermia
Caddisfly (Hydropsyche tepoka). Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
Gorge Burn Cozette Aotearoa Cozette Burn Fauna Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau New Zealand Tramping Trichoptera caddisfly insect wildlife Hydropsyche tepoka Hydropsychidae netspinning caddsfly
From Hydropsyche tepoka
Large green stonefly (Stenoperla spp.). Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
Gorge Burn Cozette 323 Aotearoa Cozette Burn Fauna Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau Large green stonefly New Zealand Stenoperla Tramping insect stonefly wildlife
From Genus Stenoperla - Large green stoneflies
Darkling beetle (Cerodolus chrysomeloides). Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
Gorge Burn Cozette 325 Aotearoa Cerodolus chrysomeloides Cozette Burn Fauna Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau New Zealand Tenebrionidae Tramping beetle darkling beetle insect wildlife
From Cerodolus chrysomeloides
Cave wētā / tokoriro (Miotopus richardsae) male. Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
Gorge Burn Cozette 328 Aotearoa Cozette Burn Fauna Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau Miotopus richardsae New Zealand Tramping cave weta cave wētā insect tokoriro wildlife
From Miotopus richardsae
Harvestman (Pantopsalis listeri) adult male. Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
Gorge Burn Cozette 329 Aotearoa Arachnida Cozette Burn Fauna Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau Neopilionidae New Zealand Pantopsalis listeri Tramping harvestman wildlife
From Pantopsalis listeri
Chafer beetle (Sericospilus advena). Cozette Burn, Fiordland National Park.
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From Sericospilus advena
Tuaraki Stream. Ardneil Peak above.
Gorge Burn Cozette 346 Aotearoa Ardneil Peak Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau New Zealand Tramping Tuaraki Stream
Tuaraki Stream. Ardneil Peak above.
Gorge Burn Cozette 356 Aotearoa Ardneil Peak Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau New Zealand Tramping Tuaraki Stream
Campsite in the river flats at the head of Tuaraki Stream. Mount Scott above.
Gorge Burn Cozette 364 Aotearoa Fiordland Fiordland National Park Lake Te Anau Mount Scott New Zealand Tent fly Tramping Tuaraki Stream camp camping campsite
Small tarn west of Lake Tuaraki. Mount Scott behind.
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Lake Tuaraki and Fowler Pass
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Lake Tuaraki and Fowler Pass
Gorge Burn Cozette 391 Aotearoa Fiordland Fiordland National Park Fowler Pass Kepler Mountains Lake Te Anau Lake Tuaraki New Zealand Tramping
Gorge Falls
Gorge Burn Cozette 398a Aotearoa Fiordland Fiordland National Park Gorge Burn Gorge Falls Lake Te Anau New Zealand Tramping