Kapiti Island 30 October to 1 November

Doing our bit for the community
Friday, 30 October 2015

Preparing toolshed for painting

Gen, the ranger

Takahe watching

Takahe feeding outside our accommodation

Busy, busy, busy ...!

Kakariki and trypot

Spot the kakariki

Spot the kereru

On the summit, Tutureremoana 521m

Kapiti's steep western side

Paraparaumu airport

On our way to Seismo Hut

Mana Island in the distance

Going where most visitors don't get to go

Fossilised moa leg?

Seismo Hut

Chris B was a good scrubber!

The mattresses were rather mouldy!

Neville on hut cleaning duty

Half throttled weka!

Mattresses drying out

The hut had a good scrub

Owen carrying out the empty food bin

The little islands and sea currents

Tahoramaurea (Browns Island) and Motungarara (Fishermans Island)

Clematis

Sue on the steep descent to the coast

Tokomapuna (Aeroplane Island - note the shape)

Back on the coast

Doing a beach cleanup

Our local porter, Chris B

Neville found abandoned boat ropes

Owen lent a hand with the untangling

Then Sue and Glenda joined in

And everyone carried something out

Oyster catcher

We carried out Seismo food items a year or 2 past their use by date

Gen was impressed with our haul!

Weta in the shed near Kiwi Hut (northern party)

Darrel and Kaka

The crew, October 2015