Stewart Island Rakiura Circuit 11-13 March
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Looking out towards Halfmoon Bay
The Rakiura circuit track starts at Lee Bay
Mamaku Point Conservation Reserve -predator proof fence
Sue inside Te Puka a Maui anchor chain
Maori Beach camping shelter
Steam boiler for log hauling - Maori Beach
Port William campsite shelter
White tail deer grazing on the lawn outside Port William Hut
Paul and Port William wharf
The infamous Stewart Island mud!
Lunch at a DOC work party hut
North Branch Hut - we slept on the kitchen floor here to avoid the bed bugs in the bunk rooms!
Paul and Sue enjoying the sunshine
Lunchtime at Kaipipi Bay - Sue, Glenda, Paul, Chris
Glenda with a good size sea perch
Chris with a very large spotty!
The Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) - a time exposure photo from Obervation Point (above Oban)
SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Train - about 60 satellites which we saw from Observation Point
Dawn at Halfmoon Bay (Oban)
Ulva Island weka. (There are no weka on Stewart Island.)
South Island saddleback (on Ulva Island)
Paul stumbled across this very rare Ulva Island Wekiwi !