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Wednesday, 31 August 2005
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Monday, 29 August 2005
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As promised here are a few more shots from the Takaka Hill on Saturday. I could spend days taking photos in this area. In fact I could spend days just sitting and absorbing the place, without the camera. As it was I didn't get back down the hill till after dark having spent most of the afternoon up there. It's simply one of the most beautiful places I've ever found. The trees in this forest are stunted and gnarled, smaller than usual but they seem ancient.
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Sunday, 28 August 2005
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I've just got home after a busy weekend out doing the photography thing. Last year I visited Harwoods Hole, which is part of a huge cave system in the Takaka Hill. Foolishly I left my tripod in the van on that occasion while I walked the 40 minute track through incredible bush to the hole. I was kicking myself and vowed to return there with the tripod (which is essential equipment in the low light under the forest canopy), and yesterday I did. I came away with about 75 photos which I'm beginning to sort through now. Heres a taste of what's to come....
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5:32:57 PM
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Friday, 26 August 2005
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Thursday, 25 August 2005
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"A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives..." John Burroughs (Birds and Poets, 1887)
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Friday, 12 August 2005
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Wednesday, 10 August 2005
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Friday, 5 August 2005
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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn" John Muir
10:13:15 PM
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Murray Neill
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