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THE MOUNTAIN
This is Tokatoka, our local mountain. All of this area used to be volcanoes, and Tokatoka is an eroded lava pipe. In Maori the word tokatoka means ‘rock hard’.
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BEHIND TOKATOKA
beyond the pasture stands tall the ancient mountain rocks upon rocks Tokatoka, near Dargaville, is the eroded remnant of the plug of an extinct andesite volcano. Radiometric dating shows that the...
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AROUND THE MOUNTAIN
Views of the countryside around Tokatoka. No poetry today – too much Christmas preparation going on!
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A STROLL BY THE RIVER
autumn by the river cages of wild parsley seeds near the old road piles and Tokatoka hiding in the distant haze the world and I preparing for winter © Maureen Sudlow (click on any photo for more detail)
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IRON MAIDEN
Had to add this shot of the ketch ‘Iron Maiden’ powering up our muddy river today… …with the lovely shape of Tokatoka in the background.
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THE MOUNTAIN
Our beautiful mountain… I would be happy to sell high definition prints of this photograph without the haiku. Contact me if you are interested.
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