IX. More Stewart Island photos

Carving with fantastic lichen add-ons up Main Road, Oban, Stewart Island. — Carving with fantastic lichen add-ons up Back Road, Oban, Stewart Island.

High pressure weather on Stewart Island in lare summer. Looking to the South Island from Lee Bay.

The jeep that awaited us at our bach on Stewart Island parked up at Lee Bay.

View from the lookout above Oban over Golden Bay, Prices Inlet to (L) Mt Rakeahua (681m) and in the distance Mt Anglem/Hanahui (980m), Stewart Island.

Sea Tulip/Keao (Pyura pachydermatina) at the Ferrry wharf, Oban, Stewart Island.. — Sea Tulip/Keao (Pyura pachydermatina) at the Ferry wharf, Oban, Stewart Island.

The predator-proof Xcluder fence at the Dancing Start Foundation Ecologicla Preserve at Lee Bay on Stewart Island. The DSA is based in California and was created by the late Sue Stiles in 1993. — The predator-proof Xcluder fence at the Dancing Start Foundation Ecological Preserve at Lee Bay on Stewart Island. The DSA is based in California and was created by the late Sue Stiles in 1993.

I personally find individual efforts to save the planet by fencing off bits - 'just for the animals' a bit weird and a bit scary. The Dancing Star Foundation is based in California and was set up by the late Sue Stiles.

The DSF website says

The refuge is not open to the public but is the sole domain of the wild biodiversity that dwells therein, watched over by dedicated staff members. Along with Ulva Island, this will be the only predator free piece of land on all of Stewart Island/Rakiura, and the first true place of safety for native species in 150 years on the Stewart Island mainland, New Zealand's third largest island.

Below is a short video by DSF CEO Michael Charles Tobias setting out the DSF vision.

A happy family that wanted their picture taken inder the giant chain link in Lee Bay, Stewart Island.

X. To air drop 1080 poison or not