Tahuna Torea

Here I am, with a friend.

I'm the one on the right.

My friend's name is Tony Bishop, from

Invercargill, and in Auckland for

the music festival

the Big Day Out.

Nick Cave was one

of the musicians

who had inspired

him to make the long

pilgrimage.

In this photo we are at Tahuna Torea,

a nature reserve on the Eastern outskirts

of Auckland. The restoration

has been going for about 30 years,

the area narrowly missing being filled in with

rubbish.

The photo was taken with my iPhone.