Picking up where we left off (in the rain), we headed north towards Abel Tasman National Park. We stopped to check out the famous pancake rocks in Paparoa N.P. before heading all the way to Marahau, the southern gateway to Abel Tasman.
We also passed Moteuka on the way, famous for its hop crop. We later found some beer brewed with hops from the same fields we passed:
We stayed at a small beach camp, relishing the opportunity to use a real-ish kitchen to consume a bit of NZ lamb and some NZ wine. The next morning we left everything we didn't need in the car and headed out on the Abel Tasman Coast Track:
For the next four days, we wandered around beaches, dense jungles, coastal highlands, and tidal crossings . Pictures below:
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| IHOP? |
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| Jungle. |
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| Sweet NZ ferns |
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| A typical vista on the hike |
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| One of our campsites |
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| We're better than Oregon Trail oxen at fording rivers! |
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| Hi, Fred. |
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| We're not sure why they used steel cables when there were so many good vines around... |
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| One of Ian's sweet photos from an evening on the beach. |
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| Ian working on his tan during a tidal crossing. |
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| Second breakfast. |
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| Cool lookin' tree with cool lookin' backdrop. |
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