NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 28 June 2013 | Views [300] | View Smaller Image
Where the River Meets the Sea & Beyond, View from the Estuary composing North & South Islands of New Zealand in One.This nationally-significant reserve protects a natural mosaic of freshwater lakelets, saltwater lagoons and marshes, tidal sand flats and sandy beach at the mouth of the Waikanae River.
Foreground – Waikanae River Mouth opens to Waikanae Beach, North Island.
Middle Ground (far right) - Tahoramaurea Island (Browns Island), a small offshore Island at the Southern tip of offshore Native Bird Sanctuary, Kapiti Island, North Island.
Background – Marlborough Sounds, the north-easternmost point of the South Island. New Zealand.