Botanical Society of Otago field trip to Borland in southern Fiordland, New Zealand.
We spent 2 nights at Borland Lodge and two days of plant hunting.We could not have asked for a better choice of weekend, no rain, and more importantly… no sandflies. The first day was spent in the tussock fields and tarns below Mt. Burns.
Bunk room at the lodge
Tussock fields below Mt. Burns
We had spectacular views of the surrounding valleys and mountains but also the Green Lake Landslide, the largest known landslide of this type in the world, 13,000 years ago. 27 cubic kilometers crashed into the Grebe valley below us.
Looking west toward slip down below, now covered with vegetation and tarns.
Looking west but up above and looking down on the tussock and tarn area where we spent the day looking for plants.