West Coast wonders.
21 January 2020 | Hokitika, NZ
Maggie
Our drive to Westport through the Buller River Gorge on Monday afternoon was stunningly beautiful...
a fabulous start to this journey after "au revoir"s had been said to Elwyn and Robynne who plan to join us in Mexico later this year.
Our campground was 100 steps from Carter Beach which proved to be a great beach for a long walk as the sun was making its way down to the horizon on an unusually calm (no wind) evening.
This morning we put our hiking boots on and tramped along the coastal walkway from Cape Foulwind Lighthouse to the seal colony, again so thankful for the calm weather.... it's named Cape Foulwind for a reason!!!
The good news is that both of us had a great walk, our feet comfy in our boots, our minds and conversation frequently drifting to our upcoming big walk on the Kepler track;
and we were lucky enough to spot a few seals way down on the rocks below us as they lazily soaked up the sun, blissfully unaware of the attention they were getting.
Hokitika was our next stop.
Love that name!!
We visited the Hokitika Gorge, the colors of the river amazing, the fun Nev had scaring me on the suspension bridge priceless!
Our campground is directly opposite the glow worm dell.
We barbecued chicken and enjoyed yummy warm green bean salad and red wine whilst waiting for 10pm...
the recommended siting time for glow worms.
Nev was a reluctant participant at first...
but even he was impressed at the spectacle these fly larvae created in the pitch dark...
I thought their glows created an earthly Milky Way....
quite amazing, really!
And, on that wonderful note, we're off to bed.