![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_105152-1038x576.jpg "Castlepoint Lighthouse and Castle Rock")
All good cornerstones come in threes: After the East Cape and Te Urewera, it was now time for the Wairarapa region. The weather was changeable at best, but I was basically still able to fit in all my desired destinations.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231116_122225-150x150.jpg "Big Totara Tree (Manawatu Gorge)")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231116_125441-150x150.jpg "Entrance to Manawatu Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231116_143653-150x150.jpg "Kōkako")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231116_144118-150x150.jpg "Tuatara")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231116_145714-150x150.jpg "Kaka")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_114921-150x150.jpg "Putangirua Pinnacles")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_122003-150x150.jpg "Putangirua Pinnacles")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_122918-150x150.jpg "Putangirua Pinnacles")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_123013-150x150.jpg "Putangirua Pinnacles")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_123252-150x150.jpg "Putangirua Pinnacles")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_133710-150x150.jpg "Cape Palliser")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_135050-150x150.jpg "Cape Palliser Lighthouse")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_135413-150x150.jpg "View from Cape Palliser Lighthouse")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117_152411-150x150.jpg "Lake Ferry")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_104228-150x150.jpg "Castlepoint Lighthouse")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_105152-150x150.jpg "Castlepoint Lighthouse and Castle Rock")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_123819-150x150.jpg "Deliverance Cove")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_145720-150x150.jpg "Rewanui Forest Park")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_150745-150x150.jpg "Tree growing behind Mt Clyde")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231118_151604-150x150.jpg "Rewanui Forest Park")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.