Day 297 (Mon 30 Apr) - Punakaiki
Big drive today as we wanted to get to Punakaiki.
Drove to Motueka where we stopped at a supermarket and warehouse to restock. Cracked onto the Highway 6, stopping off now and again to admire a tree or the scenery, before finally stopping for lunch at Buller Gorge.
Buller Gorge has NZ's longest swing bridge so we decided to take a peek. We got the ticket counter and purchased our tickets for 5 dollars a piece. Ruth thought that this was good value.
Walked over the swing bridge, during which Ruth made everyone promise not to jump up and down. Walking over the powerfully swirling river below us made us all feel a little giddy. Ruth admitted on reaching safety at the other end that she had no idea that we were going to walk on practically a rope bridge but since we all thought it a good idea she had gone along with it ( [1], [2], [3] ).
On reaching the other end of the bridge we walked on a small path that led us through a dense ferns.
Recrossed the bridge and headed off to Punakaiki.
Found a camp site that was practically empty, parked up and headed off to the Punakaiki blow holes about 1km away. It was raining quite hard as we trundled up the road.
Soon arrived at the entrance to the walkway and plunged in. The walkway looped through a forested area and at various points small viewing stages were set up to view the rocky formations. Even in the dwindling light the view was quite incredible.
Decided that it was too dark and wet to really see anything so trudged back. We were all pretty soaked by the time we reached the edge of the campsite and the pub. Decided that we all felt like a drink so headed into the pub. Had quite a few beers and also a fine fish and chip supper.
During the latter stages of dinner an enormous tabby cat appeared. A good natured cat that was clearly not being starved.
Drove to Motueka where we stopped at a supermarket and warehouse to restock. Cracked onto the Highway 6, stopping off now and again to admire a tree or the scenery, before finally stopping for lunch at Buller Gorge.
Buller Gorge has NZ's longest swing bridge so we decided to take a peek. We got the ticket counter and purchased our tickets for 5 dollars a piece. Ruth thought that this was good value.
Walked over the swing bridge, during which Ruth made everyone promise not to jump up and down. Walking over the powerfully swirling river below us made us all feel a little giddy. Ruth admitted on reaching safety at the other end that she had no idea that we were going to walk on practically a rope bridge but since we all thought it a good idea she had gone along with it ( [1], [2], [3] ).
On reaching the other end of the bridge we walked on a small path that led us through a dense ferns.
Recrossed the bridge and headed off to Punakaiki.
Found a camp site that was practically empty, parked up and headed off to the Punakaiki blow holes about 1km away. It was raining quite hard as we trundled up the road.
Soon arrived at the entrance to the walkway and plunged in. The walkway looped through a forested area and at various points small viewing stages were set up to view the rocky formations. Even in the dwindling light the view was quite incredible.
Decided that it was too dark and wet to really see anything so trudged back. We were all pretty soaked by the time we reached the edge of the campsite and the pub. Decided that we all felt like a drink so headed into the pub. Had quite a few beers and also a fine fish and chip supper.
During the latter stages of dinner an enormous tabby cat appeared. A good natured cat that was clearly not being starved.
posted by Jo and Sarb at
4/30/2007 01:05:00 am
1 Comments:
seems there are almost as many cats in NZ as Thailand and Jo has named each one!
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