点评:I might have missed the 800 year old Rimu tree by taking a wrong turn and ending up in the Kaori Cemetary staring at a tribute monument to the ships cat, Mrs. Chippy, from Shackletons Antarctic Exhibition, where I knocked back a sip of Old Monk Rum in salute, only to learn that it is easier getting into a cemetery than leaving one, and yet, that is what I managed to do.
A trail took me back into the Otari Reserve where I found myself following a stream bed, along so many trestle bridges, and it was here that I encountered a two-meter-long fin eel, resting in a shoal, thus avoiding the current. I pondered its existence, and mine for that matter. I then came to my senses and continued on.
The path also took me back to the picnic area (with barbeque facilities and toilet), where I looped up over to the main building (with toilet), back down past the waterfall, right down to a trail that led me to the car park from where I ventured from on Churchill Drive, around the condemned trestle bridge.
Such is the nature of the Otari Reserve, that when you enter you may not know where you end up, or where you are going.
翻译:我可能错过了 800 年历史的 Rimu 树,因为我走错了路,最后来到了 Kaori 公墓,凝视着纪念 Shackletons 南极展览的船猫 Chippy 夫人的纪念碑,在那里我喝了一口 Old Monk Rum 以表敬意,结果才知道进入墓地比离开墓地更容易,然而,这就是我设法做到的。
一条小路把我带回了 Otari 保护区,在那里我发现自己沿着一条河床,沿着许多栈桥行走,正是在这里,我遇到了一条两米长的鳍鳗,它栖息在浅滩中,从而避开了水流。我思考着它的存在,以及我自己的存在。然后我恢复了理智,继续前行。
这条小路还把我带回了野餐区(有烧烤设施和厕所),在那里我绕到主楼(有厕所),再回到瀑布,一直走到一条小路,这条小路把我带到停车场,我从那里沿着丘吉尔大道冒险,绕过被谴责的栈桥。
奥塔里保护区就是这样的,当你进入时,你可能不知道自己会在哪里结束,或者要去哪里。