To Hamner Springs
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 15 Jul 2014 22:47
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To Hamner Springs Via the
TransAlpine Triangle Route
 We got up to a
beautiful morning in Kaikoura. Bear had to shoehorn me away.
  We bade ‘farewell’ to the lovely
people at the camp, crossed the road, filled up the empty gas cylinder, put
diesel in Mabel and off we went. Passing the bay,
then out towards the mountains on State Highway
7.
        Along the hundred mile
journey.
 Bear
stopped Mabel. They look like rugby posts. You’ve got to
be made of stern stuff to be playing up field. Yes
dear.
 Out came the big
lens. I see what he means. Tough, these locals.
Well ‘ard.
   We stopped on this skinny bridge to say ‘hello’ to a family looking amongst
the stones. Looking left and looking downriver.
    We could tell when we had joined the
TransAlpine Triangle Route, these signs were all
within fifty feet of each other and not in mph.
 Many tight bends and a hairpin at the bottom.
 Another amazing bridge, long enough to have passing bays.
 Left view.
 Right view.
     Toward the
mountains, over the last bridge and there was
Mount Isabel overlooking Hamner Springs. There are no
free campsites anywhere near Hamner Springs, so we pulled into the cheapest Top
10 in New Zealand – fifteen pounds, free electricity, wi-fi and unlimited time
in the showers. All settled, time for an afternoon bimble to check out the world
famous Hot Spa.
   A pretty Lodge, frosted
plants and a diddy St. Rochs Church. Time to get warm and supper.
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ALL IN ALL A VERY WINDING BUT
PRETTY
ROUTE |