An early start as we were heading out to do another day walk, this time to the Abel Tasman National Park. We caught a boat to take us to a section of the track which is only accessible by walking a couple of days (part of the 3-5 days Abel Tasman Track).We cheated by boating straight into one of the bays and doing a 12-13 km walk along the coast and even crossing a river by a long swing bridge. The highlight was Cleopatra's Pool, a rock pool where there is a natural water slide. All the boys had a go sliding down the slippery mossy rock while HM played photographer. We saw some interesting birds and fauna (including the iconic silver fern) along the way. On the boat ride back, we saw some seals lounging around the rocks of nearby Adele island. Luckily the weather had improved slightly, we only had occasional short lived showers during our hike.
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| Split Apple Rock |
Highlights: MK: Sliding down the natural water slide at Cleopatra's Pool!
MJ: Sliding down the natural water slide at Cleopatra's Pool!
MH: Sliding down the natural water slide at Cleopatra's Pool!
Logbook:
06:00 (154 km) Breakfast of toast and nutella or egg.
07:00 (154 km) Left Richmond.
07:40 (189 km) Motueka to pick up tickets.
08:15 (204 km) Kaiteriteri to catch Wilson's boat to Abel Tasman National Park. The boat dropped us off at Medlands Beach and we walked to Cleopatra's Pool. The pool had a natural water slide that we went down! Woo hoo! Had lunch of rolls and wraps with chicken and lettuce. Walked to Anchorage to get picked up by boat again.
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| Sliding down natural water slide at Cleopatra's Pool |
16:15 (204 km) Left Kaiteriteri.
17:10 (250 km) Fill up in Richmond.
18:13 (250 km) Buy fish and chips for dinner.
18:45 (253 km) Yummy fish and chips!