Waitakere Gallery

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Whatipu Stream where it finally pushes through the sand dunes and reaches the Tasman Sea.
Nihotupu Dam near Waitakere, New Zealand (by zusjes weblog).
Oudemansiella australis - a beautiful, white mushroom photographed in New Zealand - reminiscent of t
Sunset at the Wainamu Sands, Auckland, NZ.
A big rimu poking out of the canopy with all its epiphytic hangers-on. Taken near the Cascades car p
A healthy flush of young kauri trees pushing up through the kanukas on a hillside in the Waitakere R
O’Neill Bay, Waitakere Ranges, NZ. <333
Twisty kanuka tree track above Whatipu, Waitakere Ranges, NZ.
One of the denizens of yesterday’s kanuka trees - a leaf-veined slug. Read more about them on my blo
And so it came to pass that the wise did plant their fenceposts in the soggy earth, and the posts di
The Wainamu Stream is one of several waterways in the Waitakere Ranges that loggers used to transpor
This is Pleurotus australis - a large, brown oyster mushroom from Australia and New Zealand. Fruitin
Kauri trees in the mist around Waitakere Reservoir, Auckland, NZ
Auckland from ‘over the hills and far away.' 
Not as mossy as my usual, but beautifully weathered. This is my Fencepost of the Week.
“Ah, now that’s more like it. You gets in …THERE:”Omanawanui Ridge Track near Whatipu,
Whatipu Sands, Auckland, NZ.
I did eventually find a New Zealand pill millipede that wasn’t rolled up into a ball. But this
I photographed this Auckland Cave Weta - Gymnoplectron acanthocera - in the Waitakere Ranges when I
More noctournal New Zealand crickets! These are auckland tree wetas, Hemideina thoracica. The photo
Whiteout at Te Henga. Auckland, NZ.
I think this leafhopper thinks that I won’t be able to see it if it does a handstand…
Beautiful kanuka trees at sunrise.
Dolomedes dondalei is a native New Zealand spider adapted for hunting on water - mostly catching ins
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