Blog #3 South Island Tour, Guy Menzies, Wanganui River Mouth and Butter Boxes

 Ever onwards we head south along the west Coast.

Heading towards the Wanganui River estuary walk we spot this info board and plaque to Guy Menzies commemorating the first solo flight 

across the Tasman from Sydney to the LaFonataine Swamp, near Harihari 

A fine day I set off to walk around the headland 

In the Inaga (whitebait) season this estuary shoreline is full of whitebaiters platforms.

This is a very simple one, many are aluminium gantries stretching out for some distance.





I walked along this beach for an hour and never saw another footprint.

This beach walk is only accessible 4 hours each side of low tide.





Back off the beach and into the bush had me taking more photo’s



Then this little fellow.... a Toutouwai (Robin) stopped me in my tracks,

He hopped around very close and was not keen to fly away! 

If you read the sign below you will read 

“The forest was so dense that for 20 years loggers did not need to go more than three kilometres from the mill”

These are the leaves of the Rimu tree (the juvenile form)





More to follow in the next blog about the Kahikatea timber butter boxes.

That’s all for this #3 blog folks .

As usual...once again, without tortology.

Stay safe, have fun and be creative.

Jimu & Christine.