Day 20, Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Today we drove to Westport. As the name implies, it lies on the north west coast of the South Island. Just a short distance down the coast from here is Cape Foulwind, named by Captain Cook when a storm kept him at bay so to speak for an extraordinary length of time. We walked along the track as it is called here which follows the cliffs for several kilometers. We encountered the weka, a very tame bird that will come right up to you, very handy for taking pictures.
Earlier today we stopped at the old gold mining town of Reefton whose origins date to the 1880’s. Many of the original buildings still exist. Two veteran miners staff the “slab hut”, crammed with relics from the past. One of these bearded gents showed us samples of gold, garnets, and iron pyrite (fools gold) which they call here leverite- “leave her right were you found it”. At the local confectionery, I purchased a “gold rush” ice cream cone, mango ice cream imbedded with large chocolate nuggets. A double cone cost 50 cents, the best bargain in New Zealand. Photos to Follow.
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3 comments:
Hey you guys,
Sorry for not having contacted you in a while. I've been run off my feet lately. My photography prof is a slave driver! He's been giving us two to three assignments a week. He is a great teacher though; he gave a free lecture yesterday on using flash, on his own time
Tracy passed her assessment with flying colours! I guess she gets keep being a teacher.
We got your postcard from Signapore yesterday! How 'bout that mail service, eh?
Take care you guys. Loving the pictures.
Hey you guys! It's Thursday night. Uncle Rob just called for the weekly update. He sends his regards, and thanks for the Singapore postcard.
Keep eating!
Dave, we will email you later when we have more time. Congratulations Tracy.
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