Kerikeri Heritage Bypass

Since we've dropped down to Alert level 3 I've been getting out each day walking around our town.  On the way out is this bridge named the Heritage Bypass which leads out to Waipapa and I found a path next to it which took me down to this quiet little area next to the Fairy Pools where I was last week taking photos of Fungi.

The stillness of the early morning is so nice to breathe in - hardly anyone else around too and so much nicer than using my treadmill every day.

How have you been passing the time?  I don't know if anyone else has noticed some good deals around in stores online but we have been wanting to get a decent bed for quite some time. The last one we bought about 4 years ago was meant to be medium soft but it's not been very nice to sleep on as it doesn't seem to mold to our shapes when we lie down, feels quite stiff and we seem to wake up more tired than when we went to sleep. We happened to see online some great deals, one of which had 70% off so we bit the bullet and ordered a much softer one from a more well known shop. 

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Fairy Pool Fungi

I pushed myself to get out of the house yesterday for some fresh air and walked down by the Kerikeri Fairy Pools. There are different nature walks there, the one I completed was about 45 minutes worth. On the way I took these shots of some spectacular looking Fungi. I think this one, above is a Yellow-brown Woodtuft.

I think these may be Split Gills (Schizophyllum Commune) - it's found from Autumn to Spring on dead wood.

Another rather beaten up Yellow brown Woodtuft, this one growing out of the soil.

This little toadstool, Cortinarius Genus was growing amongst the leaves. They are found around the world and come out in Autumn.

After much researching online all I can come up with is that this is some type of Puffball Mushroom but not sure of the exact name.

These babies are known as Fairy Bonnets (Coprinellus Disseminatus). They sprout after heavy rains and last for a few days. They grow in clusters and groups on wet wood.

More tiny Yellow-brown woodtufts growing on this stick.  Yesterday our country stepped back to Alert Level 3 that means we are allowed to meet up with small amounts of other people in our friends or family groups, businesses that can operate with online deliveries or drive throughs can open and we are down to a number of under 5 infected people each day so pretty positive really.

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The beat goes on...

We are finally moved in and are gradually unpacking in bits and pieces, no point stressing. Now that we are at the new property we are basically staying put until the other half starts work next week and I have a job interview at my old workplace. We've had no internet for the last 2 days but it's been quite nice not having the distraction of it other than that  we can't go for nature walks, can't go sight seeing, can't explore new places, can't do much at all but it's for the best really.

Our Coronavirus count has gone up to 451 as of today and mostly spready by kiwis coming back from overseas and a few tourists here and there but I suspect there will be more of people who weren't tested who were no doubt self isolating at home. Sadly there are still some other people though who are out and about, swimming at beaches, going for unimportant walks and drives - these people concern me as we are all meant to be in lockdown only going out if it's absolutely necessary.

Anyway hope you are all ok, I will go blog visiting later today until then I'll get back to opening a few more boxes...