Marahau Day 2

We had a fun start to the day on an aqua taxi up the coast to Bark Bay. The boats have a well organised routine - you get in the boat which is attached to a tractor and drive down to the sea. The boats park next to each other and each driver takes it in turns to be the tractor deliverer and then the boat driver - genius! 

The boat trip did a bit of a tourist tour on the way, first

to Split Apple Rock, an instagram must photo.

Then a pootle past some fur seals - they are somewhere having a snooze in this photo..

Hubby and I then parted ways - he didn’t fancy the hike back, mainly due to the threat of a 47 metre long swing bridge. It was a good decision for an acrophobic..

I’m not a huge fan of the wobble either but the rest of the hike was fabulous. 

I was very tempted to catch the water taxi back after 7 miles but I had a wrestle with my ‘inner chimp’ and plodded on. My feet, legs and neck aren’t exactly thrilled with life but I loved the hike!

I had a packed lunch from the lodge including a NZ classic Lamington - unfortunately it looks more like an animal dropping in this photo..

Meanwhile back in Marahau, hubby had headed to ‘Hooked’ again for their celebrated chicken wings which a seagull rather fancied having recently attacked a runner - never ending drama in NZ