Cold Night on a Harbour Island
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JOHN BARKLA
embers of Dunedin’s Kiwi Conservation Club got more than they expected on a wintery overnight visit to Quarantine
Island in Otago Harbour. Their trip began on a warm Saturday morning, with 13 adults and children planting native trees to augment the
seven hectares of revegetation on the island. Later, the sky turned an ominous blue-black and by morning a southerly storm struck. Snow blanketed the Otago Peninsula and soon fell to sea level on the island. The schedule of outdoor activities was changed to games and reading indoors. A midday expedition to the crest of the island revealed a wintery scene. Harbour Cone glistened
under a coat of new snow and even Taiaroa Head (location of the albatross colony) had a white touch. The journey back to Port Chalmers on the mainland in a small open boat brought a numbing combination of sea spray and sleet, despite everyone being cocooned in full storm clothing and life jackets.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 302, 1 November 2001, Page 39
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