This is what we see when we drive to our local Black Gully Reserve and walk in the native bush, which is primarily silver beech forest. Native beeches aren’t deciduous so the bush looks much like this all year. The reserve is part of the Blue Mountain range, Tapanui, West Otago, New Zealand. Our visit, 15 May 2021.
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Next pic by Nigel.
The finish of the walk, pic by Nigel.
There’s some old-fashioned cabins and this one on its own is pretty cute!
Text by Liz, photos by Liz and Nigel; Exploring Colour (2021)
Exploring Colour 
My hubby’s sister lives in an area with beech woods and we used to find lots of chanterelle mushrooms there – very tasty fried in butter!
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Sounds lovely!
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It is – but it’s a few years since I’ve been there.
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A beautiful hike, Liz. I love those ferns and always nice to see you and Nigel smiling out in nature.
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Ferns are nice! We used to see many more fern species when we lived in a wetter place down south of here –but it’s nicer to *live* where it doesn’t rain so much!
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Looks lovely😊
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Thanks Louella! ~especially nice when the western sunshine’s coming into the bush in the afternoon.
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That is a real cute cabin, I love it!
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It’s like a little dream cabin, I love it too Donna!
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This looks like the kind of place that I would enjoy exploring, Liz. I love walking through forested areas, surrounded by trees.
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I can easily imagine you’d love wandering through here!
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