Well, today’s plan was another walk. This time I didn't want to
send my poor car through the gruelling track to the bottom of Mt.
Fyffe. To much of that and it won't have any shock absorbers left to
carry on driving.
So today I decided to
do the Kaikoura Peninsula walk. Last time I was here I also did that,
but today promised to be much nicer weather (again). Setting off, it
was actually a bit to hot for my liking, as I started sweating
straight away. But, well, summer isn't like winter. If it's to hot
you just have to suck it up, as there comes a point were you can just
not take any clothes of any more (especially in public).
The walk to the start
of the Peninsula track took me through a bit of the town, past some
historical sites and a roadside shop selling cooked crayfish. Might
have to try that at some point, never had crayfish before. The
beginning of the actual walk is where a decent amount of seals come
to laze around on the rocks in the sun, so on good days there are a
lot of other people there taking pictures of them. As I've already
seen a fair share of seals I skipped that part and carried on
straight to the walking track.
Up on the hills you walk along a mowed
grass track taking you to different points explaining different
things about the history and environment. Down bellow I could hear
seals calling out and I think most of them would have been the young
ones from what I know and could catch from the sounds. There are some
tracks down closer to the colonies, but I decide to carry on and
after an hours walk ended up in the South Bay of Kaikoura. The town
has also expanded in to here and today it was especially busy, due to
a horse race being on. With my unpredictable allergic reactions to
horses (seems to only happen in spring around said animal) I stayed
clear of that and went back up the hills to get to the town centre
and the accommodation I have there. Quick two hour walk with a lunch
break in between, a lot of black birds hanging around and not to many
people.
Distance: 10.5km
Time: 2 hours
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