Day 1: Lush beech forest in the rain.
Day 2: Tomtit near Perry Creek.
Gouland Downs and Slate Range: Gouland Hut is the red speck in the centre.
Late-flowering gentian, Gouland Downs.
Lunch in the sun at Gouland Hut. Mary, Alice and Bob.
Viewing the downs and Mt Gouland.
The 'enchanted forest' near Gouland Hut.
Mt Gouland, across the downs.
Magic along the track.
Trackside ferns.
Saxon Hut.
Tussock and beech near Saxon.
Day 3: Marching through red tussock.
Blue Duck Creek.
Nearing Blue Shirt Creek.
Forest floor grasses.
South Island Robin.
Heaphy mouth from below James McKay Hut.
Day 4: Alice crossing the Gunner River.
Forest on the Heaphy River bluffs.
Heaphy Hut in the evening glow.
Heaphy Beach.
Variable oystercatchers.
Surf at Heaphy River mouth.
Day 5: Departing Heaphy Hut for the beach walk to Kohaihai.
Coastline near Katipo Shelter.
Nikau palms.