Walk among the largest trees in NZ. The English called these white pine but they are yews.

Rimu,aka red pine, 1000 plus years, tall and home to a hundred epiphytes.

With some sausage from a container Jerry stood at lake edge and attracted eels. About two feet long they congregated , devouring the meat, looked ready to climb onto land. Been known to. They are at the top of the food chain except for the occasional seal coming in from the Tasman sea.

Conservation is complicated here. Four jurisdictions. Water, land, waters edge and forest.

Then a kayak ride on the lake. Rode out to the Tasman sea and dipped my shoe clad feet into the sea.