Our
South Island motorbike trip continued. We left our
Villa and started our first all day ride towards south-west.
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| Our rides |
Crossing the river
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| Recommended speed 15 km/h. Yeah right. |
Our next stop was
Cape Foulwind (named Rocky Cape by
Abel Tasman), where we checked the lighthouse and seal colony.
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| View from the lighthouse to Black Reef and Three Steeples |
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| Can you see a Kekeno? Before the arrival of humans a population of about 2 million kekeno inhabited New Zealand. They were taken as food by Mäori. The onset of European sealing for meat and pelts in the 1700s and 1800s pushed them to the brink of extinction. |
Our way led us more
South. We stopped at pancake rocks in
Punakaiki where we saw some amazing rock formations.
What do you see?
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| The Pancake Rocks are most spectacular in the Putai area. They were formed 30 million years ago from minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km below the surface. Immense water pressure caused the fragments to solidify in hard and soft layers. Gradually seismic action lifted the limestone above the seabed. Mildly acidic rain, wind and seawater sculpted the bizarre shapes. |
Our butts were tired and we decided to stop in the suitable camp. After a short discussion we agreed that the
Lake Mahināpua campsite is the most suitable for us.
You are still young and you have plenty of time to learn many things.
"Shower" in nearby lake
More than 500 kilometres on our first whole day was more than enough
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