Today we started on the 71 km Queen Charlotte Track (www.queencharlottetrack.co.nz) from Ship Cove to Anikawa on the Marlborough Sound. The trip was organised by The Adventure Company (see: http://www.marlborghsounds.co.nz). It was four days, self guided, and we stayed at lodges for the three nights. Good organization and good accomodation and food. Like the Tangaririro, you'd have to be blind or very stupid not to follow the route on this one.
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| Singin' in the Rain |
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| A Weka - they will steal anything |
Day One we got a water taxi to Ship Cove. So called because Captain Cook kept going back there to supply his vessels with water and food, though he could have called it Water Cove, or Tree Bay, or anything! Very pretty spot, I expect, but the rain was coming down in sheets and it continued to come down in sheets for the next five hours while we walked the 15km to the first stop at Furneaux Lodge. Saw, or perhaps saw, Resolution Bay and Endeavour Inlet named after the aforesaid Cook's boats. Lot's of fern jungle and noises of birds - didn't see them though!
Love the video! Can we see more of the terrain and you guys next time? :)
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