Post # 4

Wellington to St Arnaud

KM 1733 to KM 1980

247 KM

this bit was tough!

Water taxi ...Picton to Ship's Cove....start of the South Island TA

Goodbye to 'Pickup and dropoff'!

Captain Cook's Monument.....his favorite anchorage in the South Pacific

Trekking the Queen Charlotte Track

Camping / lodging along the Queen Charlotte Track

Havelock / Pelorus Bridge

Green Mussel capital of New Zealand

Why do I hike when I could be doing this??

The 'Richmond Alpine Range' Section

Fellow TA hiker.... USA girl....Florida!

End of the Richmond range - total 8 days - a rough go!

Now the final descent down to St Arnaud and two days of rest!

Out with the old...in with the new

1260 km....not too bad for one pair of boots!

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COACHES CORNER

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The 'Interislander' approaching Picton

Water taxi to Darrell's starting point....Captain Cook's monument 

A pirate if I ever saw one!

The cat was happier than he looks

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A trip up to the Able Tasman and Farewell cape beaches

(reputed to be the best beaches in New Zealand)

A wonderful 'hilltop' hike to the beaches

A seal breeding ground at the base of the rocks

(totally oblivious to humans)

  

Known locally as 'The Split Apple'

(Apparently the rock was split by the sword of Zeus while
battling Neptune over the hand of Dione)

eels.....very common......these are approx. 4-5' long - can grow to 9'

.......still not sure if you can swim with them.

Going by this......I'd say not!

Back to Nelson for the Sunday Anglican service....c/w pipe organ music!....very nice!

A trip to the 'Wow' museum
'Wearable art' and 'Classic cars'

And the cars

Austin 'Canardley'

(as in - canardly get up the hill!

An old Studebaker.....a surprisingly nice car when in 'like-new' shape

A 1928 Cadillac.....The last Cadillac to be built with no cost restrictions!

............A gorgeous car!

My all time favorite....the 1936 front wheel drive Cord.....would not seem out of place today!

And back to reality!

Some awesome hiking around St. Arnaud....Mt Roberts

And Lake Rotoiti below

Until the next post!