Abel Tasman National Park, 6 - 11 October 2014
Day 1: From Marahau to Tinline Bay, then on the Abel Tasman Inland Track past Holyoake Clearing Shelter to Castle Rocks Hut.
Day 2: A visit to the nearby Castle Rocks, then on to Porter Rock, Moa Pass Shelter and along Evans Ridge to Awapoto Hut.
Day 3: Centre Peak, Pigeon Saddle, Gibbs Hill and Whariwharangi Hut.
Day 4: From Whariwharangi Bay to Separation Point / Te Matau, then Mutton Cove, Anatakapau Bay, Anapai Bay and Tōtaranui, with a loop on the Pukatea Walk. From Tōtaranui Beach along the Abel Tasman Coast Track to Goat Bay, Waiharakeke Bay and across the Awaroa Inlet to Awaroa Hut.
Day 5: Past Awaroa Lodge (with a side-trip on the Wetland Walk) and over Tonga Saddle to Onetahuti Beach, then Tonga Quarry, Bark Bay Hut, Sandfly Bay and across Torrent Bay to Anchorage Hut.
Day 6: After a side trip to Pitt Head and Te Pukatea Bay, back on the Abel Tasman Coast Track to Stilwell Bay, Apple Tree Bay, Coquille Bay, Tinline Bay and Marahau.
Click here to see pictures of the flora in Abel Tasman National Park.
Click here to see pictures of a lunar eclipse photographed at Whariwharangi Bay.
Boardwalk over the Marahau River estuary
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Black tree fern / mamaku (Cyathea medullaris). Abel Tasman Inland Track above Tinline Bay.
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Black tree fern / mamaku (Cyathea medullaris). Abel Tasman Inland Track above Tinline Bay.
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View of the Astrolabe Roadsted from the Abel Tasma Inland Track below the Holyoake Clearing. Motuareronui / Adele Island is on the left; Fisherman Island is on the right. The east coast of Tasman Bay is in the background.
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View of the Astrolabe Roadsted from the Abel Tasma Inland Track below the Holyoake Clearing. Motuareronui / Adele Island is on the left; Fisherman Island is on the right. The east coast of Tasman Bay is in the background.
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View of The Anchorage and Pitt Head from the Abel Tasma Inland Track below the Holyoake Clearing.
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Holyolake Shelter. Abel Tasman Inland Track
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Weka (Gallirallus australis). Castle Rocks Hut, Abel Tasman Inland Track.
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From Weka
Castle Rocks, looking up towards Mount Evans
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View of Marahau and Sandy Bay from Castle Rocks
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Motueka and Tasman Bay from Castle Rocks
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Gorse infested country on the south ridge of Mount Evans, Abel Tasman National Park. View from Castle Rocks.
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The estuary of the Marahau River from Castle Rocks
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Panorama across Tasman Bay and the Motueka Valley from Castle Rocks
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View of Motueka, Tasman Bay, from Castle Rocks
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Pineapple tree or mountain neinei (Dracophyllum traversii). Castle Rocks to Moa Park, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra subsp. rubra) clearings. Moa Park, Abel Tasman National Park.
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From Red tussock
Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra subsp. rubra) clearings. Moa Park, Abel Tasman National Park.
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From Red tussock
View across Tasman Bay from Porter Rock, Moa Park. Abel Tasman Inland Track.
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Pineapple tree or mountain neinei (Dracophyllum traversii). Porter Rock, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Pineapple tree or mountain neinei (Dracophyllum traversii). Porter Rock, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Powelliphanta hochstetteri, subspecies hochstetteri. Evans Ridge, Abel Tasman Inland Track.
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Evans Ridge, Abel Tasman Inland Track
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Click beetle (Elateridae) larva, Awapoto Hut. Abel Tasman National Park.
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From Click beetle larvae
Lichen tuft moth (Izatha attactella). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Redwinged lycid beetle (Porrostoma rufipennis) larva. Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Redwinged lycid beetle (Porrostoma rufipennis) larva. Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Darkling beetle (Cerodolus chrysomeloides). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) larva under tree jelly lichen (Collema spp.), Awapoto Hut. Abel Tasman National Park.
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Large brown vagrant spider (Uliodon albopunctatus). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Lichen darkling beetle (Artystona erichsoni). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Lichen darkling beetle (Artystona erichsoni). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Lichen darkling beetle (Artystona erichsoni). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Longhorn beetle (Didymocantha flavopicta). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Pleioplectron gubernator). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Darkling beetle (Cerodolus chrysomeloides). Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman Inland Track
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Windfall from the April 2014 wind storms. Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Windfall from the April 2014 wind storms. Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Windfall from the April 2014 wind storms. Awapoto Hut, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Wainui River and Inlet from Centre Peak
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