We made the drive down from Arthur's Pass to sea level - sunnier and certainly warmer. We are staying in Steeples Cottage on Cape Foulwind, Captain Cook didn't like the weather (hence the name) but it must not have been summer.
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| Looking out at the Tasman Sea (notice lighthouse in background) |
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| Steeples Cottage |
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| Looking out to the Steeples (rock islands) |
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| View from deck at Steeples Cottage |
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| Cape Foulwind lighthouse |
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| Looking back toward the Steeples Cottage |
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| The old quarry on Cape Foulwind |
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| Beach near Cape Foulwind seal colony |
Our host, Pauline and Bruce, invited us and their guest from Toronto, Jim and Audrey, for a walk below the cliffs of Steeples Cottage at low tide. Their neighbor, Joy, and Deedee, their fun dog, also joined us. "Make sure you wear shoes you can get wet," was the request. When in fact, we had to hike up our shorts to wade around one part of our walk. Bruce and Joy also collected mussels to eat later. We all gathered for drinks on the deck after our walk.
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| Cave in cliffs below cottage |
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| Deedee leading us on our beach walk |
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| Joy and Pauline with the bag of mussels |
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| Cliffs on beach walk |
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| Audrey, Pauline, Joy, Bruce, Jim and B in the distance |
Cape Foulwind is less than an hour north of Paparoa National Parks. Beautiful walks there with amazing land formations.
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| Pancake Rocks - Paparoa National Park |
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| Land bridge at Pancake Rocks |
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| Pancake Rocks |
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| Truman Track - Blow hole |
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| Pororari River Track |
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| Cave Creek Track |
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| Cave Creek |
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| Cave Creek |
To the north of Cape Foulwind, less than a 2 hour drive is Kahurangi National Park. The Heapey Track, a 4 to 6 day walk, begins (or ends) here. We did a very small sample of this very remote Track.
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