NorthTec+Tangihua+Camp

__**Tangihua Lodge Camp**__
In mid February, I joined NorthTec's Conservation and Environmental Management students on their three-day orientation camp in the Tangihua Ranges, 32km west of Whangarei. The camp enables the students to get to know eachother and to begin their learning about native flora and fauna. As the photos on this page will show, I also had an opportunity to build on my own personal knowledge about native plants and trees. Although, I soon realised that I didn't know much at all compared to the wealth of knowledge displayed by tutors Olly Ball and Steve Pohe. During the camp I participated in activities which involved identification of native plants, a two and a half hour bush tramp and a strategy game of Animal Survival (based on a forest food web). The highlight of the camp was the night bush walk on which we spotted eels, native crayfish and feeding kauri snails.