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20 July, 2011

Day 6 / Tiritiri Matangu Island, New Zealand



Tiritiri Matangi – small island in about one hour by ferry from Auckland. This island is home for one of the oldest lighthouses in New Zealand and for many years entire island was a dairy farm. Now that piece of land is protected from any human activity except ecotourism. You can get there by ferry which runs between mainland and island about three or four times a day. Once you there, you can enjoy beautiful nature which seems to start to recover after years or suppression. Bird’s population on the island constantly grows and many forms of vegetation start to find way back where they belong. It’s quite an enjoyable experience to be there. We spent entire day on the island, away from business of big city, and took tons of photos with us back where we came from.

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