I didn't get a big surprise! But I got a wonderful and hard slogging trail walk through a newly opened track in the Herbert Forest. It's all bush and tall native trees with birdsong- tuis, bellbirds,tom tits, robins and we had a fantail that followed us down the track. It took 1 &1/2 hours, mainly downhill though there were some who took the uphill version. It is quite hard work being careful not to slip or put a foot wrong. The track was formed over 30 years ago but was closed for 10 years due to a suspect bridge over the stream. Today it was finally open to the public.
@tonygig@thendrix58@davidrowe@darsphotos It was a good exercise for my camera. Should I have a hi Fstop? Told I should have at least 11. I found changing the exposure was very important. This place was very dark
@peterdegraaff@maggiemae@carolinedreams So fun to hear you talking about going on a 'tramp' through the woods! I thought that was a saying only found in my birthplace-Newfoundland! Great photo Maggie...
@lauraroy@peterdegraaff I suppose a proper tramp is a longish bush walk- a few days walking with huts to sleep in that have handy rafters on which to hang sopping socks.
What a great place for an adventurous hike! Seriously, that looks like a lot of "work" walking in there, so one must be in pretty good shape to do it! Good for you, Maggiemae. It's lush and beautiful and a great spot for photo ops...you got a great capture.
