Kapiti Island 30 October to 1 November

Doing our bit for the community
Friday, 30 October 2015
Preparing toolshed for painting
Gen, the ranger
Takahe watching
Takahe feeding outside our accommodation
Busy, busy, busy ...!
Kakariki and trypot
Spot the kakariki
Spot the kereru
On the summit, Tutureremoana 521m
Kapiti's steep western side
Paraparaumu airport
On our way to Seismo Hut
Mana Island in the distance
Going where most visitors don't get to go
Fossilised moa leg?
Seismo Hut
Chris B was a good scrubber!
The mattresses were rather moldy!
Neville on hut cleaning duty
Half throttled weka!
Mattresses drying out
The hut had a good scrub
Owen carrying out the empty food bin
The little islands and sea currents
Tahoramaurea (Browns Island) and Motungarara (Fisherman's Island)
Clematis
Sue on the steep descent to the coast
Tokomapuna (Aeroplane Island - note the shape)
Back on the coast
Doing a beach cleanup
Our local porter, Chris B
Neville found abandoned boat ropes
Owen lent a hand with the untangling
Then Sue and Glenda joined in
And everyone carried something out
Oyster catcher
We carried out Seismo hut food items a year or 2 past their use by date
Gen was impressed with our haul!
Weta in the shed near Kiwi Hut (northern party)
The crew, October 2015