I was lucky enough to get a place on a geocaching trip to Mana Island. There were 60 of us - two boatloads. The trip takes about 17 minutes depending on wind and tides. We were very lucky to have a fine, sunny day, although it was quite breezy on the tops on the western, coastal side. We all walked around the island, mostly in small groups, finding geocaches, taking photos and catching up with geocaching friends. The walk took about three hours with many stops. One of our group tasks was to have a beach clean up, but there was almost no rubbish (a good thing!).
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| View from the island looking back to the mainland |
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| Friends Jim and Jill |
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| Wonder what is going on here? The South Island in the background. |
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| Group photo taken at a new cache site - placed on the day |
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| The high point at the northern end - about 100m |
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| Looking toward Plimmerton |
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| I was lucky enough to see six takahe on the day, also a lot of kakariki as well as many tui and bellbirds close up. |
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| Our boat returning to collect us at the end of a great day out |
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