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Week 3
28 January 2007
Motukaraka Island
Motukaraka Island, nicknamed Flat Island was once a Maori pa (fortified village). At low tide its an easy walk to the island on a 200m long sandbank which connects Beachlands, a north eastern suburb of Auckland, with the island. Steps lead to the top of the island however, after we fought our way through dense prickly bush on two paths which appeared to lead to nowhere, we gave up on seeing any panoramic views of the Tamaki Strait. Mice and possums are the only mammals present on this island. This was established through mammal detection devices between November 2005 and February 2006
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer.
It makes you a Nikon owner. - Author Unknown
Walking across the cockle shell covered sandbank with Brown's Island
and Rangitoto in the background
On top of the island it was hot and very humid
This was the only view we got from on top of the island
A juvenile Lancewood which looks completely different
to the adult tree. The theory behind this curious change
of appearance is that the young plant had to protect
itself against the moa - an extinct flightless bird of
New Zealand. Once taller than a moa, it was out of
danger and then turns into a regular tree
The view towards Howick and Cockle Bay
Looking towards Waiheke Island
A cave in the island's rock wall
More islands in the distance
Driftwood on the beach
Looking back at Motukaraka Island
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