Tighe has been asking for over a year to do this, so today we did. Ziplining in the Mamakus.
In the Dansey Road Reserve, several North Island Robins kept us company. I have only seen these on Mokoia Island, a bird Sanctury. Seeing them in the bush was awesome.
There were about 7 different ziplines throughout the tour, and each was wonderful.
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| Tighe's first zipline. |
The bush was amazing. So many shades of green.
There were several bridges between the tree tops, and were fun to walk.
The "bird" tree was interesting, and I was proud that Tighe knew most of the native birds in the forest.
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| I just like the colours in the bark. |
The ponga ferns looks like huge umbrellas.
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| Tighe decided to cannon ball on this zipline. |
The bright sky-blue colour of
Entoloma hochstetteri resembles the blue wattle of the kōkako bird; hence the Māori name for this fungus, werewere-kōkako. I just call them "smurf houses".
Canopy tours are doing fantastic conservation work, and trapping possums and rats. Lots of undergrowth, and birdlife as a result.
High up in the rainforest canopy.
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| There is a Robin in the tree |
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