In March I flew to NZ for my week of soul catching. (this photo I got from the Manawatu Estuary Trust - Bird Sanctuary facebook page and was taken by Terry Oliver-Ward who posts wonderful photos of Foxton Beach bird life) - of Godwits and I spent my arrival day at Foxton Beach checking out the bird life. Sadly it was raining - a lot - and I couldn't meander as much as I would have liked. on the Sunday they had a day of farewelling the Godwits when they set off on their marathon flight to Alaska to breed. Amazing.
There is a viewing platform and since it was raining and I only had sandals I stayed there and just got wet. The Estuary is always interesting and somewhere I roamed a lot when I was young, biking to Foxton Beach - you could go anywhere so long as you were back before dark and for tea.
My view of the birds and other wild life was a little limited
The Pukeho - I saw a few running around
On Day 2 Bev and I went on the river road trip up the Wanganui River - I did a wee bit last year and it was on my bucket list.
I had actually done some preparation which is unusual for me and I took lots of photos and printed then our on my sprocket - love this little photo printer - so easy to use.
The countryside is lovely and - the river winds its way up
We drove through to Jerusalem this letterbox was made for us - The Sisters
Drove through to Raetihi for coffee and a bite to eat and then drove back to Palmerston North via brilliant countryside
This is such a beautiful photo of the country side on the way back to Wanganui
And the back of my zig zag book
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Such a beautiful area, even in the rain. Lovely photos and your folding book will be a great memento of your visit.
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