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.
Pied shag / kāruhiruhi (Phalocrocorax varius). Waiharakeke Bay, Abel Tasman Coast Track.
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Silvereye / tauhou (Zosterops lateralis). Wetland Walk, Awaroa Bay, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Fantail / pīwakawaka (Rhipidura fuliginosa). Wetland Walk, Awaroa Bay, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Richardson Stream estuary, Onetahuti Beach.
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View across Sandfly Bay and Frenchman Bay from South Head.
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View of Pinnacle Island from South Head
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Onesies rule! At The Anchorage
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View across Rākauroa/Torrent Bay from the track to Pitt Head
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View across Rākauroa/Torrent Bay from the track to Pitt Head
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Te Pukatea Bay from the track to Pitt Head
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Wetland inland of The Anchorage
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Motuareronui / Adele Island from the track above Observation Beach
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Motuareronui / Adele Island from the track above Observation Beach
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Looking into the Astrolabe Roadsted and up the ridge leading to Holyoake Clearing.
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Nesting pied shag / kāruhiruhi (Phalocrocorax varius). Yellow Point, Abel Tasman National Park.
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From Pied shag
Nesting pied shag / kāruhiruhi (Phalocrocorax varius). Yellow Point, Abel Tasman National Park.
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Coquille Bay and Fisherman Island
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