To Murchison
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 11 Sep 2014 22:27
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To Murchison
  The road trip from Westport along the
Buller Gorge to Murchison is rated as ‘a must do journey’. The morning began
damp and by the time we saw the Buller River
raindrops the size of sparrows were falling. The scenery without doubt is pretty
special.
   The road meandered along
with the river.
 We looked back
toward the bridge we had just crossed.
  A skinny bit of
road that went under a spectacular
overhang.
 A sharp bend in
the river with an island.
 Looking back at
the overhang, the rainclouds catching up once more.
 As we left the side of the river we
saw a collection............????
 A lovely line up of working girls.............
 The busy main
road to Reefton.
 We passed the
disused station of Reefton and had an enjoyable stop at the town recorded
in New Zealand history as the first to get electric street lights.
   Out on the main road once more a few ‘one careful owners’.
   Some really sharp
bends and really strange to see the turning to Hamner
Springs when we are on the other side of the island.
  The Maruia River is a major tributary of the Buller River, flowing for eight kilometres before joining the larger river eight kilometres to the west of Murchison.
Twin peaks.......Bear really liked this line of trees.
The Maruia Falls.
The rain held off as we stopped at the Buller Gorge, Bear found yet another sluice head. We had fun on the biggest swingbridge and then on to Murchison.
I so like to watch the swirling mist.
The little town of Murchison.    Here we
are. Soon settled in a very pretty camp, all on our own. Bear plugged us in and a lady gave us a
fly by.
 ALL IN ALL VERY BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY
SHAME IT WAS SO
WET |
