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| Wild & Wiiiiindy day at Bluff |
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| What country am i in?? |
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| Some very civilised walkways |
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| Glorious southern skies |
A journey of 3000km begins with the first steps - the profile photo is where it all began.
Despite dire weather forecasts the rain had passed & the sun shone. The first 7km were laced with friendly tomtits, dunnocks & flocks of sooty shearwaters just off shore. Sadly despite the wind no sign of any albatross. I only had the wind & close passing (but very friendly) trucks to contend with as i walked the road from Bluff to Invercargill. Not a riveting section of the trail but great to be on my way.
This morning an early start to allow lots of time to find a pair of fernbirds, 13 Royal Spoonbills & a flock of 15 kereru. 42km completed so far!! Oreti Beach tomorrow!
So cool to see you're on your way at last! Will be following you with much interest(and a degree of envy!)Wishing you lots of luck, good weather and wonderful wildlife encounters. Only 3 weeks till we fly out to NZ now - can't wait!! Such a shame we're unlikely to meet up but my heart and thoughts will be with you every step of the way.
ReplyDeleteLotsa love and hugs Nicki xxxx
PS: Is the car still up for offer?? xx
Good start. Is this going to be a 5 month bird list? ;-) Looking forward to the next entry.
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