Old news from August 2009

I visited the Manganui o te Ao river for a morning last June. This is a river well known for its healthy population of whio / blue ducks (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos), but a place I had never actually been before. It is a bit of a detour off the main highway, and after a friendly local put me back on track (and just a little cursing Google maps!) I managed to get to Ruatiti Domain, right next to the river not long after sunrise. I needn’t have stressed about missing the warm morning light because heavy mist enveloped the entire valley.

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