Goodbye to Golden bay

high level housework

rush hour at Collingwood

Takaka

 

Cobb Valley

 

a dam view

DOC hut at the top of the Cobb Valley

How to boil a radiator!

All good thinks must come to an end - time to leave Golden Bay.

We made our way back through Collingwood - we went back up the Aorere valley to check out the remains of a gold mine.  Then on to Takaka and had lunch at the famous Wholemeal Cafe before continuing to Upper Takaka where there is freedom camping at a riverside reserve.

While we were in the neighbourhood we went up the Cobb Valley which is very mountainous.  There is a hydro lake and a DOC hut up in the wilds there.

Then back over Takaka Hill - the bus was struggling!  So we are going to get the radiator re-cored next week.  Back in Nelson - in the WOW carpark again.