Wild Dunedin: Enjoying the Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital - Hardcover
Dunedin is a city where a walk on the beach can lead to an encounter with a sea-lion or little blue penguins emerging from the sea at dusk. Its formal boundaries include a huge area, from Mt Watkin near Waikouaiti inland to the Rock and Pillar Range and south to the Taieri, New Zealand's third-longest river. This represents a zone of endless interest, ranging from the seashore to high alpine environments. The city and its environs are home to an exciting range of habitats and landscapes, of plants, animals, birds, insects and geological features. This book, which is lavishly illustrated, introduces the general reader to such fascinating aspects of the natural environment as the Dunedin volcano whose crater now forms Otago Harbour, the endemic life forms found only in this region - such as the Caversham peripatus, the weird environment of New Zealand's only inland salt lake, the skink populations surviving in rocky outcrops where the New Zealand falcon has difficulty spotting them, as well as the more well-known and popular attractions, such as the yellow-eyed penguin and royal albatross colonies on the Otago Peninsula.
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About the Author:
Neville Peat, a Dunedin-based writer and photographer, is the author of numerous guides to southern New Zealand natural features and attractions, including the prize-winning Wild series with Brian Patrick. Brian Patrick is an entomologist and botanist and Director of Central Stories Museum, Alexandra, Central Otago.
Review:
The price tag of this import travel guide may limit its affordability, but any collection strong in New Zealand travel and the outdoors will want to investigate this natural history of Dunedin, a city known for its wildlife surroundings. Color photos accompany descriptions of areas around Dunedin which may be explored by the outdoors-oriented visitor. -- Midwest Book Review
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- PublisherOtago Univ Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0908569947
- ISBN 13 9780908569946
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ as issued. 144 pages. Dunedin is a city where a walk on the beach can le ad to an encounter with a sea-lion or little blue penguins emergi ng from the sea at dusk. Its formal boundaries include a huge are a, from Mt Watkin near Waikouaiti inland to the Rock and Pillar R ange and south to the Taieri, New Zealand's third-longest river. This represents a zone of endless interest, ranging from the seas hore to high alpine environments. The city and its environs are h ome to an exciting range of habitats and landscapes, of plants, a nimals, birds, insects and geological features. This book, which is lavishly illustrated, introduces the general reader to such fa scinating aspects of the natural environment as the Dunedin volca no whose crater now forms Otago Harbour, the endemic life forms f ound only in this region - such as the Caversham peripatus, the w eird environment of New Zealand's only inland salt lake, the skin k populations surviving in rocky outcrops where the New Zealand f alcon has difficulty spotting them, as well as the more well-know n and popular attractions, such as the yellow-eyed penguin and ro yal albatross colonies on the Otago Peninsula. Seller Inventory # 2515g
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