Up at 6am and there was
thick fog, the boat left at 8 and the skies cleared to give us a
superb day hiking.
Took an hour and half
to drop us at Ship Cove, where Captain Cook landed four times, he
loved it so much.
We wandered round the
beach area and looked at Cook Monument then started our hike, the
entire walk was through native forest with viewpoints of the
different bays along the way.
Took us 4 hours to do
the walk plus half hour stop for lunch. The boat was picking us up at
4-15 so we had a good hour's rest at Furneaux Lodge and enjoyed a
drink on the verandah! On the way back we spotted two dolphins!
A long but glorious day
after 10 hours away we rolled ashore and fell into “The Thirsty
Pig” for fish and chips and cider!
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| APPROACHING SHIP COVE |
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| SHIP COVE |
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| COOK MEMORIAL |
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| NOT MANY BLOOMS IN THE NATIVE FOREST BUT THESE ARE STUNNING |
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| A WEKA AND A TRAP FOR STOATS, WHICH WE KINDLY BROUGHT OVER TO GET RID OF THE RABBITS BUT STOATS TOOK OVER, THEY ARE MAKING A MASSIVE ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THEM ALL THESE TRAPS WERE EVERY 10 METERS IN PARTS OF THE TRAIL |
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| SHIP COVE SADDLE |
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| OTHER SIDE OF SHIP COVE SADDLE |
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| JUNGLE EVERYWHERE! |
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| TOOK THIS JUST TO SHOW THE DENSITY OF THE FOREST AREAS |
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| RESOLUTION BAY |
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| ROY PLAYING AT TARZAN! |
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| THESE FLOWERS HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE IN SOUTH ISLAND |
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| THIS CUTIE WAS AT FURNEAUX LODGE WHERE WE GOT THE BOAT BACK, HE TOOK A SHINE TO US, PERHAPS BECAUSE WE WERE EATING CAKE! |
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| ANOTHER BELL! FURNEAUX LODGE |
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| ROY RESTING AT FURNEAUX LODGE WAITING FOR BOAT - ENDEAVOUR INLET |
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| FURNEAUX LODGE |
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| NOT A GOOD SIGN TO READ WHEN YOU'RE NEXT TO THE WATER! |
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