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The next ridge over towards Waiatarua is Forest Hill Road.
This is on my route home from collecting the fruit and vege scraps for the chickens.
This foto was taken just off Holdens Road at the junction with Forest Hill.
It is an Equirectangular image meaing that it is 360 degrees by 180 degrees!
My new (2nd hand) Nikor 50mm Macro lens arrived from Canada today and what better subjects than the kittens!
Gandor
Gandor checking out the Orach
On the road down to French Bay.
Reminds me of the wild Bouganvillias in Far North Queensland (Australia) that would shoot up the huge Mango trees.
Steaks of brilliant colour on the edge of the coastal rainforest.
French Bay has an amazing regrowth of Kauri from wild seedlings sprouted after the saw millers came through 150 years ago.
French Bay on the Manukau Harbour at the southern end of the Waitakere Ranges.
Looks like an island because this is cropped from a 360 degree view (equirectangular)!
The tide was half way in so was wade-able and swimable!
This is also the Home Water for our local Sea Scouts, http://newlynn.seascouts.org.nz .
The Wild Carrot really proliferates after some clearing or cultivation has occurred.
They are quite tall and have lovely filigree flowers up to 10cm across.
We are blest with having a lot of Bees around at the moment.
Seems to be more Bumble Bees on the Thistle flowers,
though we do do get Workers as well.
I suspect that these are from someones hive, rather than being feral bees.
From what I”ve heard all the feral hives around here have been wiped out by the Veroa Mite.
Mr Bumble with a coating of pollen!
Quite a number of sider nest around at the moment with this one located in a small papyrus plant.
I found this under one of my tarpaulins.
Not much more to say really!
They can sure stretch themselves out!
Looking down the free range to KiwiOra and the Waiatarua Ridge Beyond.
