Went for a walk in the Ruahine Ranges, gathered some horopito leaves to dry and use in place of black pepper.
#nzbushwalk #horopito #foraging

Koru - unfurling fern frond, curled up like a green caterpillar with black hairs on a green fern in Te Ākau Tai Toka/The Catlins, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Green rainforest trees and ferns.

Waves lash a golden beach with forest behind it in the Catlins.

Water cascades down several large, black rocks in a the bush at Purakaunui Falls, the Catlins.

📷 #nature #NZbushwalk