I've had an exciting week...I've been up to Pukaha wildlife reserve up at Mt Bruce and have seen some very big eels get fed as well as the native Kaka (kind of like the Kea)...
Anyone, who knows me well, knows I have a love for birds and especially native NZ birds so it has been such a thrill for me to get up close to these beautiful native birds...
Then I had the awesome opportunity to go to Karori wildlife reserve in the middle of Wellington. This park is amazing, it is in the middle of the city and it is like walking into NZ bush 200 years ago - all the bush is like it once was and there is a great number of native birds thriving in this bush that you would not see in the wild any longer. I walked for a good 3 hours in that bush and heard the beautiful birdsongs of the bellbird, hihi, saddleback, kaka, North Island Robin, Grey warbler, Whitehead, Weka, tomtit, tui, fantail, etc... it was amazing as I have never heard this in my lifetime before because our forests just don't have these birds anymore... I even got to see some of these birds sitting in the trees - in the wild - truly amazing. I don't know if you can see him, but below is a photo of the North Island Robin - he is very little and was very close but he blends well into the bush. I was so impressed with this place, I brought a membership...
I've been to Castle point, a quaint wee place in the Wairarapa with a lighthouse and an awesome beach...
I went to Masterton and spent a day with the Tong Family, who are doing very well... It was great catching up with them and spending some time with them...
I'm still not done sightseeing yet - I plan to go up to Kaitoke national park for a tramp and view the place where they filmed the scene of "Rivendell" in Lord of the Rings.
School starts next week for me so I'm going to try and get as much as I can in before I get really busy...
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