Friday 25 January 2008

Opoutere







What a great place. Beautiful trees and beach and the YHA has to be in one of the most impressive settings I`ve ever seen with a view of the eastuary from the garden and cliffs behind. There are free kayaks you can borrow. It was too windy to go out into the estuary very far but there is an inlet you can follow for a while . One of the nice things about Kayaking is that if you don`t splash about you are pretty quiet and there are lots of cool birds in that area. Came close to some Pukeko and right up to a heron perching on the bank.
Really nice walk to the beach through some forest. I camped at the hostel the 2nd night right underneath a peach tree and found a stepladder and picked a very juicy one for my tea. Yum

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