![Black and white selfie of a tramper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/31a50583-cf92-43d4-9fc5-7f9c6a6712d1_rw_3840.jpg?h=f78343b026eca738af4169750b2a699d)
Selfie - I've been working on my selfie-concentrating-face and it seems to be improving!
![Four DoC arrows pointing inwards](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/4f8bb583-e95b-4498-98d1-6877f2f87c44_rw_1920.jpg?h=45d31abe49aa84a6ac4f9a278c12146b)
Interesting DoC signage on the track
![View of forest and mountains in Fiordland](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/f584b9dc-ddbb-443a-a974-a722e8798aab_rw_3840.jpg?h=bb0679357c09e2c89d4f43215ac24fca)
The track actually runs flat around the base of this hill, but I decided to go over it, packraft and all, to get a view!
![Two trampers with DoC signage in the Fiordland bush](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/3cc37ebd-3967-48bf-ae84-a819efe51a8f_rw_1920.jpg?h=101783ff0301b5c7d8846125f7a07434)
It was a good thing I did, because I met my friend's mum on the track!
![Black and White photo in the Fiordland bush](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/617a7aa9-436c-470f-9317-29f5d2206c15_rw_3840.jpg?h=520dd520743685c3f3425a146675cf84)
Closer to the hut the weather closed in as the trees did. It was quite atmospheric!
![Three-wire bridge, Fiordland](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/e25f3ab7-d896-4b74-ae32-22bbe920a702_rw_3840.jpg?h=c1aeceab2bc98b5d0e69e62b6f2b36ed)
Just a casual three-wire bridge
![White moss](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/4f77f093-ae1e-4635-a228-4b07865966a1_rw_1920.jpg?h=37fbe7c5a6cee781fd1023c02328755b)
It's not frost in this hollow, but I have no idea what it is.
![Black and White photo of Lake Manapouri with mountains behind](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/8885fe9f-2528-4e81-b93b-133840c77c0f_rw_3840.jpg?h=0cd528915670e1454dcb7220685b73f6)
Lake Manapouri with cloudy mountains behind, it was a little bit too windy for me to want to packraft back around the lake alone, so I kept walking.
![Twisting tree](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/bbbd7054-75d2-4c1d-8d69-238c07b61098_rw_3840.jpg?h=9e3dbba98ad894a40921fd344f3cd980)
Beautiful twisting tree
![Bracket fungi on a tree](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/faacbac1-ed02-4506-a6cc-0503dfb8860c_rw_3840.jpg?h=5614d697fbe0632d6ee8e385908b6ed6)
I always love these fungi, and here they practically make a step ladder
![Lichen on a tree](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/bc3bdf6b-9c8a-4a27-be2c-f0ec54a6da69_rw_1920.jpg?h=4d69718357046b745010fe7e0ae8cb2f)
Beautiful lichen