What an adventurous day we had today. It was our second day of camp and we got to explore the native bush of Pirongia by walking the Mangakara Nature Walk. We found lots of interesting things to spot and look at a long the way. Plus we saw lots of places where things were working 'Interdependently.' For example the kereru (otherwise known as the NZ pigeon) likes to spread the seeds of the Miro and Tawa tree. So the kereru is helping spread these trees further into the bush while the tree is making yummy fruit for the bird to snack on. BUT the possums and rats love to eat the kereru and this can interrupt the interdependent cycle because without the bird the Miro and Tawa trees can't grow in other places.
We found a mighty Tawa tree that had fallen over in a storm nearly 13 years ago and we had to decide if it was dead or alive. We stumbled across a big boulder (rock) that we had to decide how it got there and we dipped our toes in the creek. Luckily our toes weren't nibbled on by water spiders or eels living in the creek.
Below are a few highlights from our day.
1. What does that big black/brown thing look like to you? It looks like something is hiding in the bushes.
2. Who can find the face in the tree?
3. What do you see when you look at the truck of this tree?
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