Monday, 2 January 2023

OUR FIRST PROPER HIKE THIS SUMMER HOLIDAY

 MANGAWHAI CLIFF


chapter 1. the sea views

7 am start - it is just the sun rising

start of the cliff walk from the beach

we are getting higher on the cliff









from here on it goes downhill to the beach which we did not follow as it was high tide - next time we will time it with the tide

one lucky bastard's holiday home

chapter 2. flora



pohutukawa with the flowers flourishing

the grand nikau
the flower of a nikau - it is rare to have them blooming this low


the well trodden path

mangawhai hinterland
back at the start of the cliff walk which was our end as we returned the same way