Rakiura track day 1
It was a nasty night, pouring rain and very windy but it started to improve early in the day and by 09.30 there was no rain and patches of blue sky.
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| Leaving Oban |
I decided to walk the three day Rakiura track, one of the 'Great Walks' and the only one on Stewart Island, rather than the ten day circuit of the island that I had originally thought of.
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| Chain sculpture at the start of the path |
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| Horseshoe Bay |
The long route is nearly all mud and tree roots and I had enough of that in the Longwoods and the thought of starting with ten days food didn't encourage me either.
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| Well maintained path |
| The first section of today's walk was on the road which was very pleasant after a second breakfast and coffee in the village. |
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| Horseshoe Bay |
The birds were singing and there were some lovely views of the coast.
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| Sea view |
The path started through a giant chain sculpture and continued round the coast, sometimes in the bush climbing around headlands at other times on the beach itself.
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| Bridge at the end of Maori Beach |
Past a nice little campsite at Maori Beach where there was part of an old boiler and engine that drove a sawmill and over a suspension bridge to climb steeply, aided by steps, over the next headland to Magnetic Beach and the Port William campsite.
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| Sawmill remains |
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| Campsite |
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