Last Post of the Year

Young Ed has joined us from the other side of the world. It is his first trip down under so we are trying to give him a taste of things Kiwi. His first stop after arriving at the airport was Garage Project. Today we took him to Zealandia. Here are Jen and Ed at the bottom of the lookout tower.

There’s a bit of repetition from the last post but we took a different route through Tui Glen and the Turbine Track. 

The robin were even friendlier than before

and I think this is a new fledgling all puffed up and nowhere to go.

One of the highlights was finding free range tuatara (previously we have only encountered them in the protected research area). We saw several sunning themselves outside their burrows

and venturing out to take the air.

To round off, this kaka looks as if it is blind in one eye. It didn't seem too worried about it though

and kakariki were busy prising millet from where it had been strapped to the tree.

So farewell 2015 and we wish everyone a healthy and prosperous new year.