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Nydia and Archer Tracks Queens Birthday Weekend 1-3 June
Walking the Nydia and Archer Tracks in the Marlborough Sounds. Saturday - Havelock to Kaiuma Bay by water Taxi. Then along the Nydia Track to Nydia Lodge. Sunday - Along the track to the end at Duncan Bay. Then a 9.5km road walk to Penzance Bay and our holiday house for the night. Monday - We walked the Archer Track to Elaine Bay. Then a water taxi to Te Rawa Lodge for lunch, followed by an afternoon short walk from Jacobs Bay to Fairy's Bay. Then water taxi back to Havelock.
A short road walk to the start of the Nydia track
Rata flower
Nydia Bay
The boys made 3 different curries for dinner and it was a glorious feast to say the least
GUO and G doing the Parawai salute
Breakfast at the lodge - surprised we were hungry to be fair
A weka joined us
Muscle farm
GUO and I ate raw oysters off the beach
The team. Nice shorts Pistol!
We headed towards (Michael) Duncan Bay on Sunday after our curry feast
Why is GUO sitting down I wonder?
That's why! He has gotten soft ever since he brought a camping pillow
Nydia Bay history
We passed some great accommodation
We saw this sign
Then the pet eel...be nice in some smoked eel pate don't you think...mmmm smoked eel pate
Anyone got any small change?
We reached (Michael) Duncan Bay after 15kms
Then started the 9.5km road walk to Penzance Bay (luckily the girls and all the packs got a lift)
Our crib for da night. The girls turn to cook and we again ate another sumptuous feast; pate, pasta, crumble, cake - it had it all
Great views from our big deck
Monday morning we walked Archer Track to Elaine Bay
Waiting for pickup at Elaine Bay - Nice shorts Pistol...are they wetbacks by any chance?
Paula wants to be a colour consultant when she grows up...hope she never grows up!
Lunch, followed by an afternoon short walk from Jacobs Bay to Fairy's Bay
Stunning old rimu
