Bushy Park

On Monday we set off to Bushy park. The park is along the west coast of the north island about a 4 hour drive away from Wellington.

At Bushy park, we basically set out traps for the rats and then would then also check the traps after a night.

On Wednesday afternoon we returned again. We found 4 new people in the house by the time we had returned from Bushy park. We had dropped off Mark at the airport, and Tom,Ben and Harris at the Wilderness backpackers in Wellington.

Ross and Toby getting the black shoe polish on the metal, and putting down the papers to get the foot prints.



The gang getting ready to all split off and do different lines of the rat traps.


Robin, the Bushy Park guide, showing us the different lines.



The lovely BBQ on the front lawn of the homestead.



The bunk house where we were staying while in Bushy Park. This house was behind the homestead house.



Getting ready with our peanut butter and our papers to fill up our traps.



the rest of the gang in the forest.


The gang of the past 2 weeks before 4 were dropped off. From left, Harris, Mark, Louise,Tom,Stuart,Ross,Alan,Ben and me in the front of Ben and Ross.


We had little robins and fantails and timtit birds following us in the forest. As we walk we seem to loosen the leaves on the ground and the insects come free for the leaves. Here are some pictures of the robins that we saw. THey have really long legs for their small size bodies.





The bunk room that I was sharing with Ben and Harris. I felt like a school kid again.




The thank you board of all the people that help. GVN is also on the board.