Ungathered Thoughts

Sandymount track

We took a short walk along Sandymount Track to Sandfly Bay this weekend.

To test out a possible backpack I loaded it up and took it for the walk. It's a gentle track but a long steady (sandy) incline on the return.

There were lots of lepidoptera amongst the track and plants - we saw Coppers, a Magpie Moth, and a Red Admiral.

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Photo - clear blue sky, low clouds in the distance, blue southern Pacific ocean, dry coastal pasture along the peninsula, and darker green trees and scrub in the foreground.

Looking back along the top part of the track, cut through scrub and flax. Saira is drinking water from a cider vinegar bottle.

Photo - a bright orange Copper butterfly on grass, wings stretched out.

Photo - a bright orange Copper butterfly on grass, wings stretched out.

Photo - clear blue sky, low clouds in the distance, blue southern Pacific ocean, dry coastal pasture along the peninsula, dunes now visible in the distance, and a long descent to the beach.

A Magpie Moth is resting on a grass stem with its black and white marked wings clearly visible. Coastal plants fill the background.

Photo - clear blue sky, low clouds in the distance, blue southern Pacific ocean, dry coastal pasture along the peninsula, dunes now visible in the distance, and a long descent to the beach.

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The sandy path crosses low coastal plants to the dunes.

A photo of Saira and Chris with dunes and sea in the background. Chris has a grass straw in his teeth.

A selfie of Saira and myself with dunes in the background.

A sandy little canyon behind the dunes, ocean and sky in the background.

Saira in the little sandy canyon.

A seagull stands near a dry log on a sandy beach.

A beach scene, with two people on foot and three seals (two visible, one hidden at the edge of the dunes).

A selfie, Saira and I part way back up the trail, the coastline visible in the background.

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Pottery lettering on a trig station; missing letters mean we can read only ____IN_ _ W_R_D WITHOUT WATE_.