Abel Tasman National Park
Salamander
Mon 20 Dec 2010 03:06
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If you happen to be in a pub quiz, Abel Tasman was
the first European to discover NZ in 1642, 130odd years before Cpt
Cook.
We treated ourselves to a cabin with en-suite
shower and toilet - partly as it was our birthdays and partly as we were still
drying out!
Caroline had her first ever sleep walk. Thankfully
Murray heard her unlock the front door just as she was about to walk outside
dressed for the occasion in her birthday suit and called to her and woke
her up (phew).
Spent Caroline's birthday on one of our longest NZ
walks in the park. Beautiful coastal walk which several backpackers were walking
barefoot. The joy of this park is that you choose which bits you want to walk
and get dropped off / picked by water taxi. The boat arrived in the car park
towed by a tractor and Murray joked that it was really a kiddies fairground ride
- we were then asked to get in the boat on the trailer!
 We elected to be dropped off in Barks Bay, cut
across Torrent Bay at low tide (well 3 hours before) and walk back to town.
To find the track across the bay you look for the orange topped marker posts.
Caroline was wearing walking sandals and enjoys a good paddle, so she gradually
waded out, while Murray, wearing walking boots, literally watched the tide go
out - about an inch a second. Once Caroline had made it across, Murray and the
other walkers gave up waiting, removed boots and waded over too. A great little
walk for Caroline's birthday. Sadly Caz had accidentally eaten some wheat a
couple of days before and finished the day early to bed, once the projectile
vomiting (unfortunately in public) had ended.
Split apple rock
 Spot the path
 Here it is!
 The British on holiday!
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