Saturday, August 23, 2014

New Zealand: Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird. Source:whc.unesco.org
Inscribed: 1990
Postcard 1: Milford Sound

Thanks to Adriennegarry.
Postcard 2: Lake Manapouri

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