The spiders here still amaze me...I don't particularly like them but they are big and colourful.
As you can see this one was almost as big as Wayne's hand...well the legs spread that far out!
The Giant Mud skippers are huge, the shell beside this guy is smaller than him and the shell is huge, more than a hand span.
While I was taking this photo I was being bitten by mosquitoes and started slapping my legs to get them off and Wayne was busy telling me to 'be quiet' which I couldn't do for some reason. My legs were literally black with the little guys and I did have repellent on. Needless to say I put more on and it kept them at bay for a while.
The butterfly stayed still long enough for me to get this shot.
I used my zoom to get this one of the dragonfly.
The tide was on its way in so there was plenty of birds to see. We went into the hides and sat and watched and were amazed at how many more you could see by just sitting and waiting. 
The crabs in the mangroves climb the trees and they aren't small crabs. We found them hiding in knots of trees too.
Its not often a squirrel just sits and poses for the photo, but this one did. He was sitting on the railing of the board walk. Just after I took the photo he turned and looked at me and scuttled up the tree.
Up close and almost person with a monitor lizard.
While having lunch I noticed the couple beside us looking at what to me looked like wire on the decking, but it turned out to be a paradise snake. Not very long but quite slim. the cook came over to watch the otters playing and catching fish and almost put her hand on the snake which then promptly flew into the water and swam away.
walking back to the bus stop we met some locals who were eating a fruit of this tree. The flower is similar to pohutukawa to look at but the fruit is quite dry but tasty. They offered some for us to try, we did after we had seen them eat it first.
An amazing place to walk around, we spent most of the day there and it wasn't long enough, but our legs were tired after walking and decided to make our way home and promising to go back again.
