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After climbing a bit we come to the top of the hill, where the path takes us through lots of flowering manuka bushes and eventually out onto a beautiful foot path along the hill side appearing to head up towards the mountains.
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Just before we begin to descend we come across this rather lovely fallen tree
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Looking through the dead branches across the valley towards the Hog's Back
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The path takes us across a wide stretch of tussock grass towards a wooded area
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We cross the stream and the path takes us through a series of wooded areas interspersed with alpine meadows, heading upwards from now on
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Eventually we get to the foot of the Hog's Back. Very little vegetation just a lot of loose rock as we zig zag upwards
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At the top we meet up with a few groups of off roaders. The bald stony earth gives way to coarse grass, bushes and tussock, and we find a warm sheltered spot for our picnic.
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Hi Sue & Mike
ReplyDeleteLoving the photos of New Zealand as always. The fallen tree is quite artistic in its own way I thought. Hope all is good with you both. :)