Part Three

Umbrella Moss

Hypopterygium rotulatum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Drooping Filmy Fern

Hymenophyllum demissum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Rimu

Dacrydium cupressinum - a young tree.

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Shiny Filmy Fern

Hymenophyllum flabellatum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Rough Filmy Fern

Hymenophyllum scabrum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Mountain Kiokio

Blechnum montanum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Kidney Fern

Trichomanes reniforme

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Seven Finger

Schefflera digitata

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Drooping Spleenwort

Asplenium flaccidum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Monro Creek

Lake Moeraki Wilderness Lodge in the distance.

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Lake Moeraki Wilderness Lodge

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Monro Creek

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Forest

Lush growth.

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Whe

Cyathea smithii - also called Soft Tree Fern, distinctive with all the old frond ribs forming a skirt covered with another climber.

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Quill Moss

Cyathophorum bulbosum

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Monro Creek

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Lichen

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Easter Orchid

Earina autumnalis - sadly not in bloom.

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Creeping Buttercup

Ranunculus repens

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Marsh Vegetation

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Bush Flax

Astelia fragrans

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Lichen

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Sphagnum Moss

Sphagnum cristatum - best guess to which of the four species that grow in New Zealand.

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Suspension Bridge

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Stream

Giant Rimu Walk, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Paradise Shelduck female & duckling

Tadorna variegata

Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Rhododendron

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Tasman Beach

After a very steep descent through dense vegetation, arrival at the beach.

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Tasman Coast Forest

Looking back at the slope we came down.

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Grave's Creek

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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New Zealand Fur Seal

Arctocephalus forsteri

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Black-backed Gull eggs

Larus dominicanus

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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New Zealand Fur Seals

Arctocephalus forsteri

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina - a lone Elephant Seal that visits this beach to molt and rest.

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina - with New Zealand Fur Seals in the background.

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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New Zealand Fur Seal

Arctocephalus forsteri

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Black-backed Gull eggs

Larus dominicanus

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Tasman Beach

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Guide Michael

Getting ready to climb back up the steep slope with me.

Knight's Point, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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Knight's Point

Looking back to where we spent the afternoon.  The steep descent, long walk on the beach and the steep climb back to the road resulted in a bit of soreness the next day.

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 24, 2006

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New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii - before leaving the lodge Christmas morning, I went with the guide to feed the eels.

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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New Zealand Longfin Eels

Anguilla dieffenbachii - willing to leave the water a bit to get to food.

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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New Zealand Longfin Eels

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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Knight's Point

We stopped with the group to look at the spot where I had been the previous day.

South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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Haast River

South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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Spur-winged Plover

Vanellus miles

Haast River, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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Waterfall

Haast Pass, South Island, New Zealand, December 25, 2006

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