Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my first roll of film from Stewart Island. (Waaaaaaaaaahhhh!)
With my first three finals done, I had a week and a half break before my next test (november 2nd- plant ecology) so I packed up my backpack and headed off for some solo time on Stewart Island. Some of my friends went down at about the same time, but they only wanted to do the Rakiura track, and I wanted to get onto part of the Northwest Circuit.
So, I went on my own. Caught a door-to-door shuttle to Invercargill, but it arrived too
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Ancient Rimu The fallen trunk of an ancient rimu tree provides an excellent...
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Exhausted After a LONG day on the extremely muddy track between Freshwater...
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To North Arm And this is what the Rakiura Track largely looks like... boardwalk. In...
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Muddy! When I finally reached the North Arm Hut, I had one of the girls there...
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More Boardwalk More of the typical boardwalk on the Rakiura Track
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View to the North A view to the north from the top of the hill on the middle section of the...
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Taking a break It looked like a good place to take a break on the middle portion of...
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Lookout Tower New Zealand's lookout towers (courtesy of the DOC) aren't as...
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View from the Lookout Tower The view from the lookout tower on the middle section of the Rakiura Track,...
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Stewart Island Forest Overlooking the hilltop forest on Stewart Island. It is especially...
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Lunchtime I'm not as tired as I look! I was bending down to make sure my...
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Port William Hut My last night out on the track, I stayed at the Port William Hut. I was doing...
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Rooster Having been tramping for four solid days already through challenging...
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Sunbathing I found a bit of sun at Maori Beach! And on Stewart Island, you have to take...
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Maori Beach Looking inland from Maori Beach, along the river to the bridge over...
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Maori Beach Another shot of Maori Beach, about five minutes' walk from where I was...
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Low Tide The last beach before the end/beginning of the Rakiura Track. I...
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Typical Good Track On the section of the Rakiura Track between Port William Hut and...
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Finished! I found people at the car park and had them take my picture. The "Chain...
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Explanation of the "chain" Found at the start of the Rakiura Track
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Stewart Island is the Anchor
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Tui There are LOTS of Tui on Stewart Island! They sound quite a bit like...
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The walk to town... It's a 3 km walk from the car park at the start of the track back to...
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