Once more we are sad to leave when we are heading out of Marahau in Betty this morning as we have both really loved the vibe in Marahau. We stop only briefly as we are leaving to take one last picture of the beach, thinking not a bad view for a Wednesday morning at work !
It's then on north over Takaka Hill to the northern end of the Abel Tasman Park. We had initially been planning on staying at the Totaranui DOC campsite as recommended by Kelvin. But after a horror story from Craig (our kayak guide) about 2 rental campers who got stuck there due to a landslide and had to pay to get the vans out via boat we decided to play it safe and go to Pohara instead.
Once over Takaka Hill and through Takaka we head towards Golden Bay to find a nice picnic spot. As its such a lovely day we have our first picnic from the back doors of Betty looking over a deserted Golden Bay beach.
From here we head back round the coast towards Totaranui to see the Abel Tasman memorial for the Dutch explorer. We had been anticipating a nice statue and some form of information plaque. Instead we got to see a large concrete obelisk donated by the Dutch governement. Nice.
Then its time to check into the motorcamp and then head to the attached shop for a couple of ice-creams and a walk down the beach. Mrs M opts for her NZ ice-cream of choice - Hokey Pokey and Mr M his - Boysenberry Ripple.
All that's left to do is cook some pasta for tea and that's us done for the day.
Mr & Mrs M
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| Great view from the office today ! |
Once over Takaka Hill and through Takaka we head towards Golden Bay to find a nice picnic spot. As its such a lovely day we have our first picnic from the back doors of Betty looking over a deserted Golden Bay beach.
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| Another nice spot for a picnic. |
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| Nice. |
All that's left to do is cook some pasta for tea and that's us done for the day.
Mr & Mrs M
Where's Kelvin ?
ReplyDeleteBring back Kelvin !!