it's nice to live close to the jungle. Our house is just a few minutes walking away from Otari Wilton's Bush
a young tree-fern
Ferns wherever you look
View from Otari Wilton's Bush, at Karori and the wind turbine generator, barely visible on top of the distant hills
Gorse, a non-native plant that was seen as a pest in the past. Since then they've found that gorse-covered hills provide a suitable sheltered environment for native trees to grow in.
some plant. We don't know what this is, but since it's not listed in our any of our guides to NZ flora, we suspect it's non-native.
As we walked through farmlands, a goat carefully watched us approaching
Looking southeast from Otari Wilton's Bush, towards Wilton, Kelburn and Mt Victoria (not visible)
Willemijn posing with a Cabbage tree
Looking west from Otari Wilton, in the direction of Makara Beach. Hills and farmland like this stretches to the west coast.
Gorse
a goat
Wadestown and the Bay in the background
Rock wall on one side, steep slopes on another, and this cute springtime scene right on our path. We resorted to plan B: climb up rocks, climb over fence, climb down back on path.
Our bovine path-blocking friends still busy blocking the path, while we carefully clamber our way around them. Question for the audience: why are the calves white and the cows black?
