Murchison

me on the longest swing bridge in NZ

this was on a walk round old gold workings but it was a bit hard to find the actual fault upthrust

Marui Falls - you can see the faultline here

me at Maruia Falls

exciting road - at a wide spot...

...exciting road with ford

Malcolm by a river disappearing down a narrow gorge under Horse Terrace Bridge

The weather hasn't been so good this week but we've spent most of it in or near Nelson.  Finally we  got the bus fixed (hope I don't jinx it now) and have continued westwards.  We are spending time around the Buller area.  We paid $5 each to go over NZ's longest swingbridge which I thought would be freaky but it wasn't - the wires were very taut.  On the other side of the river there were a couple of walks and some relics of gold mining days.  Then we went to check out the Maruia Falls, formed when the river changed its route after the 1929 earthquake.  (There was info about the faultline at the Buller Gorge Swingbridge place too).  Next we went exploring up the narrowest, windiest road yet - it also had about 5 'fords' or you could say 'quite big streams' flowing across the road.  This was the Maruia Saddle Road.