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Archive for January 22, 2020
Te Paki stream 02.01.2020.
05 years
We all squished in to our old wagon and off we set up TePaki stream, the stream was a bit tricky there were long stretches of really soft sand where we sank right in and the engine revved as we heaved along, then there were areas where there was deep water and as we chugged through I was sure water would come inside!
We arrived at a spot where we could go sandboarding and us girls ran to the top of the dunes and sped down really fast!
I came off my board at the bottom and had my skin sandpapered! It was great fun!
Then we went swimming in the lake at the top of the stream road, it was cold but it was nice to wash off all the sand!
Us sandboarding.
Dune formations.
Mum walking in the sand dunes.
Mum and me.
Me on the sand dunes.
Te Paki sand dunes 02.01.2020.
05 years
On the 2nd of January 2020 we went to look at some landmarks in the DoC. Te Paki sand dune reserve.
The area is very interesting because there are neat formations created by the sand dunes, they have probably been formed over 100’s of years and as the sand shifts it reveals more, we saw so many cool things! I will add some pictures.
Another interesting thing about the dunes is the evidence of ancient humans, there are many places where you can see where Maori tribes have traveled to the beach to collect and eat tuatua and other shellfish. The shells from such trips are pilled up in the dunes, it keeps the sand still and they eventually look like mounds of shells, but there is just sand underneath.
I found a chip of obsidian, this is important because the Maori people used obsidian for tools, it has sharp edges (it’s volcanic glass) and is good for cutting. When I got home I did some investigating and the piece I found probably was traded for by Maori from Mayor Island in the Bay of Plenty. That is a well traveled chip of obsidian.
My chip of obsidian.
The view from “Teapot Mountain”.
Me, Blos and Im at Ninety mile beach.