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A group of 13 people had a lovely day exploring the Tititiri Matangi Island native bird sanctuary. All
but May and John, who got on the ferry departing town at 9am, drove to Gulf Harbour to meet the ferry.
On arrival at the island about 10:25am we had a briefing before some of us went on guided walks where
we were shown various native birds enjoying an island that had converted from open farm pasture to replanted
native bush. Some of the features of these walks included penguin boxes, viewing various birds including
a couple of feeding stations, the wide Ridge Road track, and the highest point on the island being Coronary
Hill in open grass just before the lighthouse.
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After the walks finished about lunchtime, we were able to explore parts of the island till our ferry
took us home at 3:30pm. Three of us went right to the north end of the island, others did some of the
other tracks including the open grass area south of the lighthouse. At least one of us had a look inside
the kitchen lounge area of the bunkhouse thanks to the one in charge who was there.
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