National Park

Pictures from Taranaki first:


The view from Lake Dive Hut

The mountain from a riverbed

One of the huts and the hut warden



Today I got up early to catch my bus out of New Plymouth and arrived in National Park at around 2:00pm. It took a while because of a long transfer wait. It's the hottest it's been so far here in National Park (I suppose because I'm away from the coast), so I'm taking it easy right now. Tomorrow I'm hiring a mountain bike to ride a trail in the area - I think it's 42 km, but relatively easy going, so it should be fun. There are other people from the hostel doing the same thing, so maybe I will ride with them.

The next day I'll take the train to Wellington, spend a day or two, then catch the ferry to the South Island. At this point, I think I'm going to walk the Abel Tasman Coastal Walk when I get to the S. Island. An easy beach walk to give me time to rest before doing the Milford and Routeburn.

Brian