After our stay on the bay, we drove inland a bit and camped for 3 days at Cannan downs in the Able Tasman National Park. These photos are somewhat out of order, but I feel too tired to organize them right now...
It was a wonderful new way to hike.
The drive to the campsite was at the end of an 11km unsealed road with some spectacular views:
About an hour's hike from our campsite was "Harwood's hole", a 200km shaft leading to a cave. The signs advised us to stay away from the lip, and strongly warned that only experienced cavers should enter. So we perched and looked down from the top.
Nearby, there was a hike up to a lookout point which was notable for its complete lack of any kind of barrier. The last 20m were a scramble over some rocks, and then the drop off. That's the way all lookouts should be!
2 comments:
The last few posts are great--thanks so much for the catch-up and great photos. As I was looking at the variety of beautiful landscapes and scenery in New Z, it crosses my mind that the Seattle area seems to be similarly graced. There is a wonderful variety and all close enough to enjoy in a weekend. It's like California compressed into a manageable size hundred miles. Mt. Rainier was especially delicious, to my way of thinking. Even the park that Jul and Stephen run through for exercise most every day is like a miniature Golden Gate park. It's got the tea garden, the Asian art museum, the conservatory of flowers, the botanical gardens.
How do these New Z precipices compare to the ones in the Andes? From the photos, Andean ones look scarier and tougher.
momster
The Colca Canyon, I think, is deeper than anything we'll see here in NZ. That said, we haven't yet arrived at the big mountains in the south. Wait about a week, and then check back and you should see much better mountain photos.
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