Marlborough Sounds
Winya_wynah
Thu 18 Feb 2010 02:43
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From Havelock we joined the 'Mail run' for a day on
Pelorous Sound.
on three days each week the mail boat delivers to
different parts of the Sound, on Tuesday we went to the most western
settlements.
Havelock is the 'World's home' of the Green shelled
mussels, and evidently there are tons of them out there.
This vessel is harvesting and moves between row
upon row of floats supporting the mussel ropes.
 A continuous rope (110m) of mussels is hung
from these lines, when ready the bouys are lifted, the rope cut away and
hauled up the steel ramp. Here the mussels are knocked off and packed
into the white bags. Other mussels and weed are scraped off the
supporting ropes and floats back into the water, we think that's the smelly
bit!
More later.
 Old and young come to the jetty or row out to the
boat to collect the weeks worth of mail.
This man had his weeks provisions delivered
too.
 This boy is only five and started home schooling a
week ago.
He's already bored with it his Mum said, but
he still helped carry the mail and the latest from the correspondance
school back to the house.
 We said there were alot of mussels, on the way back
into Havelock we saw three boats like this laden with the
things.
See the size of the bags on previous photo, there
must be nearly 40 bags on this vessel.
 A night spent in the tent under the car port at our
friend's (Erika and Eurgen, we met in Nuie) B&B overlooking the
beautifully calm Kenepuru Sound and we were off again, after Eugen moved
the trapped possum from under the van that is.
We drove to the mainland end of the Queen
Charlotte Track which winds it's way along the strip of land between Kenepuru
and Q Charlotte sounds, just above E&Es home. Hopped on the bikes and
spent a few hours cycleing to Misteltoe Bay and back.
 Sometimes through thick bush and sometimes opening
up on the edge of the Sound to see the view.
Nearly all the walkers jumped out of their
skins when they heard the only bicycle bell in NZ just behind
them!!
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