VIII. Rakiura Track: Lee Bay to Peter's Point

What's this wind bent tree at the start of the Rakiura track?
What's this wind bent tree at the start of the Rakiura track?
Interpretation signage at the start of the Rakiura Trail from Lee Bay on Stewart Island
Interpretation signage at the start of the Rakiura Trail from Lee Bay on Stewart Island
Sawmill community at Maori Beach, Stewart Island in the 1920s and 30s.
Sawmill community at Maori Beach, Stewart Island in the 1920s and 30s.
Silvereye taking flight from a reed, Rakiura Track near Lee Bay, Stewart Island.
Silvereye taking flight from a reed, Rakiura Track near Lee Bay, Stewart Island.
Bird in introduced Eucalyptis sp. foliage  possibly introduced by Hannah Lonneker originally to Lonnekers Beach. Thanks to Peter Tait for informantion.
Bird in introduced Eucalyptis sp. foliage possibly introduced by Hannah Lonneker originally to Lonnekers Beach. Thanks to Peter Tait for information.
The papery bark of a giant fuscia tree on the Rakiura Track, near Little River, Stewart Island.
The papery bark of a giant fuscia tree on the Rakiura Track, near Little River, Stewart Island.
Lichen covered fallen branch on the forest floor on the Rakiura Track near Little River, Stewart Island.
Lichen covered fallen branch on the forest floor on the Rakiura Track near Little River, Stewart Island.
The start of the Rakiura Trail from Lee Bay on Stewart Island - see signage above fore details of peaks, points and bays.
The start of the Rakiura Trail from Lee Bay on Stewart Island - see signage above fore details of peaks, points and bays.
Close-bunched habit of weki/rough tree fern - Dicksonia squarrosa on the Rakiura Track west of Lee Bay, Stewart Island.
Close-bunched habit of weki/rough tree fern - Dicksonia squarrosa on the Rakiura Track west of Lee Bay, Stewart Island.
Rimu standing above the broadleaf canopy on the Rkiura Track east of Lee Bay on Stewart Island
Rimu standing above the broadleaf canopy on the Rakiura Track east of Lee Bay on Stewart Island
Bird and foliage silhouette on the Rakiura Track, towards Maori Beach, Stewart Island.
Bird and foliage silhouette on the Rakiura Track, towards Maori Beach, Stewart Island.
Kamahi multi-trunk thicket on the Rakiura Track east of Lee Bay on Stewart Island.
Kamahi multi-trunk thicket on the Rakiura Track east of Lee Bay on Stewart Island.
Little River on the Rakiura Track west of Lee Bay
Little River on the Rakiura Track west of Lee Bay
Mould-encrusted stipe ends of a dead tree fern trunk, Stewart Island.
Mould-encrusted stipe ends of a dead tree fern trunk, Stewart Island.
Giant Rimu on the Rakiura Track east of Lee Bay
Giant Rimu on the Rakiura Track east of Lee Bay
Rakiura - the Maori name for Stewart Island - means the 'Land of Glowing Skies'
Rakiura - the Maori name for Stewart Island - means the 'Land of Glowing Skies'
A view north to Fiordland over calm seas and kelp forests  from the Rakiura Track west of Lee Bay on Stewart Island
A view north to Fiordland over calm seas and kelp forests from the Rakiura Track west of Lee Bay on Stewart Island
Hebe elliptica  endemic to New Zeal, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands.
Hebe elliptica endemic to New Zeal, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands.
at the start of the Rakiura track by the car park at Lee BayWhat's this yellow flower - growing up near the wooden carving below - not on Rakiura Path - an introduced exotic?
at the start of the Rakiura track by the car park at Lee BayWhat's this yellow flower - growing up near the wooden carving below - not on Rakiura Path - an introduced exotic?
The other of the pair of splendidly lichen encrusted carvings on Back Road, Oban.
The other of the pair of splendidly lichen encrusted carvings on Back Road, Oban.