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Start of the trail at the Arataki Visitors Centre
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Waitakere Ranges
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Old Kauri tree that escaped the axe- Agathis australis
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Kauri bark, Agathis australis
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Rata flower
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Bruce (left) and Dan at Karamatura Stream campsite
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Small waterfall along Karamatura Stream
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Flowering rata along the trail
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View towards Whatipu and the Manukau Harbour entrance and bar
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Whatipu side of the Manukau Harbour entrance- Hillary Trail, New Zealand
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North side of the Manukau Entrance
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View south across the Manukau Entrance and along Awhitu Peninsula
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Changing landscape of the dunes and marshes
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Shifting sands of Whatipu
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Descent into Pararaha Valley
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A tricky bit of the 'trail'
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Nikau palms, tree ferns and cabbage trees in Pararaha Valley
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Shelter at the second night campsite in Pararaha Valley
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Flax in Pararaha Valley
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The trail through Pararaha Valley
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Black-sand dune at the bottom of Pararaha Valley
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Silver Shore Cottonwood or Tauhinu (Ozothamnus leptophylla [syn. Cassinia leptophylla]) with seedheads
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Swamp between the sand dunes and coastal cliffs
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HillaryTrail at sunset
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Tunnel Point campground after sunset- Hillary Trail, New Zealand
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My ponchotarp shelter at Tunnel Point campsite
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Plant community at the bottom of a coastal cliff: whau, cabbage trees, flax and pohutukawas
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Beach at Karekare
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Karekare
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View from Coman Track down to Karekare Beach
