Mount Lowry, mushroom and dead possum....

My attempt to have a quiet "hike/exercise" with kali this last weekend ( including avoiding mud, hunting dog and motorbike in the trail ) wasn't quite successful .
After sleeping in , off we went to Eastbourne to try to find Mount Lowry.

The first hour went really good.. Walked along a very well maintained trail.. met a border collie.. and saw a LOT of different mushrooms along the trail..

Passed Mount Lowry lookout sign.... the highest point shouldn't be too far.. woohoo...

and then.........
hmm.. this doesn't feel like a trail anymore.. for some reason I was following this pink sign.... SHIT... those are possum trap sign...
i looked up .. saw kali sniffing some trap with dead possum hanging above her...

now... this was the moment.. when i SQUEALED like a little girl ( imagine a high pitch aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ) and called Kali back to me right away .. to my surprise.. she didn't even realized the possum..( i'm starting to question her ability to smell or see at this point ) ..

Worried that kali would eat some of the poison...we quickly went back to the trail and NOW I was starting to see a couple more trap.. it was like a land mine..arrrggghhh..  I decided time to go home.. just in case if she's acting weird...

back to the car.. it was quite a relief..

SO.. i understand that the poison (1080) that NZ's goverment decided to spread ALL over new zealand is to protect kiwis and other endangered birds.. but wait... who brought them to new zealand in the first place? .. interesting................

as much as i care about the kiwi (even though i haven't seen one.. ) I am sure always gonna be worry every time I take Kali to the woods... and THAT isn't a pleasant feeling.. especially after seeing what I saw the other day...

rant of the day finished....