Dunes with river and forest in the background.
Last night's rain created interesting patterns in the dunes.
Ocean
The river marks the divide between sand and forest. Kim is down there somewhere.
Jon is the tiny speck to the left of the top of the center dune.
After exploring the dunes, we headed south...down towards the great Kauri forests of the west coast.....stay tuned!
5 comments:
I love that last photo! Except for the pampass grass. ;)
Wow! I still remember my visit to Cape Regina and seeing the Tasman Sea and South Pacific come together. I think it's time to schedule another visit.
You should be seeing some New Zealand tea trees in your travels. In my research, I've discovered these plants are really native to the San Francisco Bay area - and some misguided botanist thought they were native to New Zealand. It's good to raise these rumors.
Bob....I think there are tea trees in the first set of photos (or second).
There are tea trees all over! they seem to be associated with coastal communities, similar to a coastal sage scrub distribution with a chapparal community structure. The density of some of the communities remind us of chamise. We can tell that we're getting close to the coast when the tea trees begin to appear. I do think that that botanist is misguided, and have read that these (Leptospermum scoparium)are definitely native to New Zealand.
Here's a link regarding the origins and distribution of the tea tree:
http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/nz_threatenedplants/detail.asp?PlantID=2361
It looks like our observations are on track.
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