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Hei konei mai
see you

yvan

My New Zealand

February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, 8 months, 8 places, 8 words...
They are perhaps not the most beautiful place (perhaps, perhaps) but they are the ones I will remember...
The white beach - Kaikoura : 42.432533, 173.694458
Lookout on Billy Goat - Mount Bruce : 40.7396, 175.64642
The meadow in the middle of the Ark in the Park - Waitekere Ranges : 36.882490, 174.515362
The valley below Mount Cook - North Otago : 43.813767, 170.132045
The island where we have had a lunch - Abel Tasman : 40.979443, 173.056298
The shore of Waikatipu Lake - Queenstown : 45.059741, 168.590024
The terrace of the library - Lincoln University : 43.643806, 172.468057
The creek of the second evening - Steewart Island : 46.890339, 168.020357
Mountains, conservation, friendship, humanism, wilderness, future, muffins, rain

see you

yvan

PS : Te Anau Lake under the stars : between 45.404441, 167.718218 and 45.033268, 167.858486

Sight of the Huia, or Last days in Mount Bruce

No, I haven't been lucky enough to catch sight of the dark feathers of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) : I've to say that this bird have been seen for the last time in 1907. Despite that I stay convinced that, even if the bird is classified in extinct species, some of them must still live in the bushy new-zealander bush. Next expedition : rediscovery of the Huia in New-Zealand. Last days in Mount Bruce, so... I'll miss this bush and its inquisitive birds, its giant and tiny ferns... I will especially deplore to miss spring, which is arriving for a week, and trees in bloom.
Anyway, I'll be back there...