Nelson Canvas Town Kina Beach

Nelson / Havelock. Havelock / Motueka 03- 06.02.2016

We have spent the last few days going to the east of Nelson & then back to the West.

Our stay in the east was at Canvas Town, behind the Trout hotel. Yes, we did sample some of the products along with $10 dinners.

The area was known for gold deposits & people are still panning for a bit here & there. There is a beautiful valley running up behind the pub & when we drove up the valley road we were surprised by the number of new houses.

Apparently there is no shortage of work in the area, 4 big dairy farms, a large mussel factory & pine forests forever.

 

On our way back west we visited Cable Bay. There is a great Skywire there which has a long seat attached to a steel cable which runs for about 3.5 kms. Four people can sit on it at a time & it reaches speeds up to 100kms/hr in the steepest section. The passengers get winched up backwards at a terrifying speed which some say is more scary than the ride down. Terry will never know because somebody was not very keen to go & there was a minimum of two required. We couldn’t even see it as it was over a hill from the office.

 

The whole of the sea bed in Nelson & surrounds is very flat & the tide goes out for flaming miles. This photo was taken on the way to Cable Bay where fortunately there was enough water for a bit of horsing around.  Terry went in for a swim afterwards and the water was tepid.

 

 

A beautiful bronze statue in Nelson.

 

Out west we stayed at Kina Beach at Motueka, a very laid back family camp costing only $10 per night.

Bath time Kina Beach style.

The only place for cellphone reception is on the beach. Cooler too.