Gondwana rocks – especially at Mt Titiroa

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      Tony Gazley
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      Sarah gazes in wonder at the shining white peak of Mt Titiroa

      Recently, on a glorious Fiordland day, Sarah, Jamie and Tony wandered up through the weird landscape of Mt Titiroa above Lake Manapouri.

      On the ascent there was some doubt about the type of rock and its formation, but they soon realised the area was simply an ancient Gondwana magma chamber that has been eroded into a wonderland of scattered pinnacles and weirdly shaped boulders composed mostly of a high-grade amphibolite orthogneiss with xenoliths of a fine-grained amphibolite paragneiss, and a sandy weathered regolith that from a distance looked like snow.

      Once on the summit Sarah was excited to see a kea flying in the distance until Jamie pointed out it was a bob of fluff wafting in the breeze at about an arms-length away. This caused another Sarah fit of giggling that lasted until the middle of next week.

      For some photos go to: photos.app.goo.gl/MCpepuf73R54cyks9

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      Kenneth
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      Nice front photo

      Ken

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      Annette
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      Fabulous photos, great photos of the terrain. Fascinating

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      Kenneth
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      agree
      Ken

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      Jamie
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      There were so many “kea” out there that day. Maybe they aren’t endangered after all!

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      Sarah
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      So many kea that Sarah didn’t quite know what to do with them all! At least the next lot had feathers and made ‘kea’ noises……..well, at least Sarah thinks they did…….. 😀 😀

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