While staying in a house in Golden Bay, we were given census
papers from a friendly local woman who visited us one evening. We were surprised that we actually had to
fill them out for the residence and as individuals. Census in New Zealand happens in March every 5
years.
Some of the other walks we have done whilst in
Golden Bay include Paynes Ford Scenic Reserve, Wainui Falls, and Farewell Spit. We saw pied and variable oyster catchers, arctic
terns, flocks of bar-tailed godwits, Canada geese, lots of seagulls and
thousands of black swans in the Farewell Spit Nature Reserve. You are only allowed to walk to a certain
point on Farewell Spit to protect the migrating and nesting birds that make a
stop here.
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| Wainui Falls |
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| Wainui Falls |
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| Climber at Payne's Ford Scenic Reserve |
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| Black swans as far as the eye can see |
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| Bar-tailed Godwits |
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| Walking Farawell Spit |
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| Black swans taking flight |
We learned about a great general store/post
office (The Langford Store) on the way to the Heaphy Track (one of the Great
Walks of NZ). The store has been a
family operation since 1928. The
great-grand daughter of the first owners, who now runs the store, chatted with
us as we drank our afternoon tea. Just
down the road, we found Salisbury Falls, a small waterfall and Aorere River
gorge.
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| Post office inside the store |
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| Road to Heaphy Track (Great Walk) |
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| Salisbury Falls |
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| Aorere River Gorge |
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