Lochmara Lodge, November 2009

Sculptures in the living trees

The only time I got in a hammock to add to the essay I was creating.

There are hammocks all around the property, must have been about 50 of them.

And Mary-Jo

Trish and Fiona.

Lorraine and Alice on our balcony.

People are allowed in the aviaries to feed the birds, and they are so cute.

They are the red banded Kakariki.

They are ground nesting and that is why they have become endangered as their nests are so accessible. They are beautiful little social birds.

These little birds are Kakariki, and they are endangered. They have been hand raised and are in a very large aviary. The young ones that they have are taken to safe areas where they can survive. This one was eating the flower of the Manuka bush.

And the Tui's too.

Bellbird getting the nectar from the flax

You could also feed the fish from the Jetty

There were a lot of jellyfish at the jetty on one of the days.

This is a Captain Cook Pig, which escaped his sty, and came visiting, had a photo taken by Lorraine and took off into the bush again!

Cock of the roost

Kune Kune Pigs

Some of the animals- Alpaca's

Sculptures along the trails

Mary-Jo cooking 'some more's'

The Lounge Room

Kayakers arrive and stay the night.

Lochmara Lodge is in Marlborough Sounds, and is a 20 minute ride by boat from Picton.

5 of us went on a work shop on Photo Essay, with Mary-Jo Bedford. It is a Wildlife Recovery Centre, and has an Arts Centre, with Sculpture Trails over 11 acres of hillside.