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24 of us voted this. day trip a3 unique and enjoyable. experience: An overcast Sunday 11 May helped keep a number of ‘less active' members and visitors cool on the climb to Kapiti's highest. point «. following a juddering boat trip.to. the island and introductory~—tatk from Eenger Trevor Walsh, Wakas: ‘running aed. thei territories ‘along: the. ‘whole. Length: of: the track and all through the bush like domestic fowls, kakas” even tamer: than the wekas, a large. ‘flock! of native pigeons (have you ever seen more than two or three together?), and second’: ‘growth bush grading evenly from the most delicate toe high ferns through to, tall matai on this unbrowsed island were sights not rl oN before by this writer. core The.common consent of. the part. was “Aiinderment., at what the I mainland must have been like: before the’ predations of man. ' ‘Warren’ Thorbudn