Nydia and Archer Tracks Queens Birthday Weekend 1-3 June

Walking Nydia and Archer Tracks in the Marlborough Sounds
Saturday, 01 June 2013

Our transport from Havelock to Kaiuma Bay

A short road walk to the start of the Nydia track

Rata flower

Nydia Bay

The boys made 3 different curries for dinner and it was a glorious feast to say the least

GUO and G doing the Parawai salute

Breakfast at the lodge - surprised we were hungry to be fair

A weka joined us

Muscle farm

GUO and I ate raw oysters off the beach

The team. Nice shorts Pistol!

We headed towards (Michael) Duncan Bay on Sunday after our curry feast

Why is GUO sitting down I wonder?

That's why! He has gotten soft ever since he brought a camping pillow

Nydia Bay history

We passed some great accommodation

We saw this sign

Then the pet eel...be nice in some smoked eel pate don't you think...mmmm smoked eel pate

Anyone got any small change?

We reached (Michael) Duncan Bay after 15kms

Then started the 9.5km road walk to Penzance Bay (luckily the girls and all the packs got a lift)

Our crib for da night. The girls turn to cook and we again ate another sumptuous feast; pate, pasta, crumble, cake - it had it all

Great views from our big deck

Monday morning we walked Archer Track to Elaine Bay

Waiting for pickup at Elaine Bay - Nice shorts Pistol...are they wetbacks by any chance?

Paula wants to be a colour consultant when she grows up...hope she never grows up!

Lunch, followed by an afternoon short walk from Jacobs Bay to Fairy's Bay

Stunning old rimu

Back onto the boat at Fairy's Bay and homeward bound