Kiripaka

Malcolm and I went with Dave and landowner, Bruce to search for the remains of coal mining era tramways, hopper sites, cuttings, mine entrances...

We spent a couple of hours travelling through gorse (alive and dead), cutty grass, over fallen pine trees, etc. On the way back we made our way through reeds that were 4-5 feet tall and hard to push through (though less prickly).

You might have to click on the photo to enlarge it to see me in this photo :-)