Lake Onoke

Yesterday I went with my mother and brother to Lake Onoke and various places to have an explore etc.

Lake Wairarapa. A view we had of it quite early on.

My brother and I.

A cormorant taking off over Lake Wairarapa.

The cormorant had been sitting on this fence. I'm not sure what it's supposed to fence in.

There was some interesting plant life in the park where we stopped to take those pictures.


Going the wrong way, we found a farmer moving some sheep.

One sheep sulked. We made sure it didn't run in the wrong direction. It didn't: it sulked until the farmer came back for it.

Here's my brother exploring around the beach where we ended up after going the wrong way. The stream cuts through a ridge that would otherwise be continuous.

Taken from just behind the ridge.

Going the correct way to Lake Onoke.

Because of the way it's holding its head, this cormorant looks like a duck. It's on a fencepost in the middle of a puddle next to Lake Onoke.

Lake Onoke. The town on the other side is called Lake Ferry. This led to the commonly held but mistaken belief that Lake Onoke is also called Lake Fery. The town isn't actually named after the lake, but named because it used to be one of two ports for a ferry accross the lake.