Heaphy Track 8-12 January

An awesome Great Walk, with bush, grasslands and sea
Thursday, 08 January 2015

Brown hut

It's spelt P-A-T-R-I-C-K

DW and Annie

Paddy

Aorere shelter

Perry Saddle hut

Perry

View from Perry

Looking back at the start of the track

Perry Saddle hut from above

Gouland Downs

Tree of soles

Gouland Downs hut

Powelliphanta

Saxon hut

Looking back from whence we'd come (Perry centre photo)

Swifts had built a nest in the huts wood store

Setting off next morning

Beautiful moss

Looking towards the West Coast and river mouth (centre photo)

The new James Mackay hut

The old James Mackay hut

Connie

Brynley

Annie, Paddy, Richard, Lisa, Nicola, Christina

Sunset

Heaphy river mouth

A coal seam

Still a lot of visible damage from the 2014 storm

Lewis hut

Beautiful ladies

The rata was stunning in flower

Paddy and Annie

Almost there

Heaphy hut - what a spot!

Whale bones

It was so good to have a swim

and a walk

Looking back towards James Mackay

It's this way...NO...it's this way!

Tomorrows destination

Richard, Brynley, Connie, DW, Christina, Annie

It was little wet the last day - Nicola looked glamorous in her rain gear

Lisa and DW

Typical West Coast scene

Katipo Creek shelter

You could say there where just a few nikau's

Peace, love and mung beans baby

We made it - 78.4kms

An awesome team