The forest has two interesting tree species that are and or still are part of a study due to the die off of the trees. These are Seems to have opossum's as one of the main causes of this? Have not yet been able to find recent data on the issues.
Friday 02/09/2016
We (Paul and I) drove away from Wellington at 2000 hours on Friday heading to somewhere just South of Waiouru to park up and head into the Hihitahi Forest. The car park is right on the side of the main highway, in full view of all passing cars. I did hope my car would still be there on Saturday afternoon when we would be coming out. Lucky I didn't see all the broken glass where we parked on Friday night.
The walk to the hut on the Friday night was dark and misty and finished early Saturday morning with hut arrival after 0130 hours. Got the fire going and had a cup of tea and read for an hour or so, Paul was straight into his sleep bag and out. We did not see a single opossum on our walk in. The only observed sign was opossum shit in the wood pile at the hut.
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| Hihitahi swing bridge |
The walk out was very enjoyable as we could examine the forest in the day light
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| Zekes Hut and its sign |
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| Zekes Hut |
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| Zekes Hut in the middle |
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| The Ceder trees |
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| Survey area |
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| That other guy |
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| The hanging tree full of crows |
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| Close up, no hanging, no crows |
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| Trees |
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| Farm land approaching |
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| Edge of the sanctury |
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| Looking back |
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| Looking back at the swing bridge |
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| Style |
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| The car on the side of the road - undamaged! |
Friday 02/09/2016
2310 Left car parked on the side of the road
2315 Over the style
2324 Crossed Hihitahi swing
0056 Hihitahi survey mark
0134 Zekes Hut
Saturday 03/09/2016
1146 Left Zekes Hut
1235 Hihitahi Survey mark
1340 Fence line
1346 Swing bridge
1352 Over the style
1353 At the car
References
- http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/sfc255.pdf
- http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/SFC190.pdf
- http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/Sfc052.pdf
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