2. 2015

New Zealand - North Island

Leaving Fiji behind, we toured the north island of Aotearoa, seeing as much as we could in the small time we had.
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Decay turns these fronds almost black as they return to the thick loam of the forest floor.
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Decay turns these fronds almost black as they return to the thick loam of the forest floor.

2015New Zealand

  • Cattle fields drop away into the distance as we approach the woods on a walk through Puketi Forest.
  • Waihoanga Creek flows away as we cross from pasture into protected forest to begin our exploration of the woods in this part of the world.
  • Sunlight beams through the thick foliage above to highlight a small piece of ferns and moss growing on a broken stump.
  • A vine clings to a tree trunk, with heavy foliage surrounding.
  • Tall ferns fill the forest, blocking most of the light from overhead and leaving the undergrowth relatively thin.
  • Kelsey takes a shot, awed by the thickness of the natural beauty surrounding.
  • Heavy moss grows on every surface it can attach to in this lush forest.
  • The old and the new - a dead fern frond rests against the backdrop of a living one alongside the trail.
  • Kelsey takes aim down the natural hallway of this trail through the Puketi Forest.
  • A fading frond stands bold against the dark ground of the trail we trod.
  • The trunk of a fern supports a few other forms of life, even as the fronds fall off and the fern grows higher above.
  • A small vine gorws on the black trunk of a tall fern, surrounded by thick woods and very little light.
  • Fern fronds overlook the water of a small creek as it flows through the forest.
  • Decay turns these fronds almost black as they return to the thick loam of the forest floor.
  • Wildly varied bark patterns adorn this tree and others like it in this forest filled with natural wonders.
  • A massive Kauri tree stands tall above the forest around, defying photographic efforts with its enormity.
  • A massive Kauri tree stands tall above the forest around, defying photographic efforts with its enormity.
  • Moss decorates a tree trunk as it reaches it leaves toward the sunlight above.
  • Kelsey touches a Kauri giant, standing tall among the forest of its brothers.
  • Bark has fallen away to reveal as it seems a closed door into the heart of this Kauri tree.
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