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West Coast in Landscape

Pororari River Track to Lookout, Paparoa National Park
This bend in the river was picturesque. There were a couple of goats down there taking it easy.

Truman Track, Paparoa National Park
Lush forest and cliffs at a roadside lookout on the way down the coast.

Pancake Rocks, Paparoa National Park, Punakaiki
There were terns nesting, or at least hanging out, in amongst the rocks.

Truman Track, Paparoa National Park
This looked like it was landscaped, but harakeke / NZ flax in fact grows very well in these harsh conditions and so dominated in this stretch just back from the beach.

Klondyke Spur and Valley Tracks, Victoria Forest Park
Some really nice patches of forest on the Klondyke Valley Track.

Klondyke Spur and Valley Tracks, Victoria Forest Park
Impressive topography to the north-west. Very glacial.

Forest Walk & Sentinel Rock, Franz Josef Glacier, Westland Tai Pouhini National Park
The view from the end of the Forest Walk. A 100 years ago the glacier used to extend to where I took this picture. In living memory it used to at least reach the valley floor.