Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey explores Motueka and its waterfront before following the Motueka River upstream to the spectacular hills under the Arthur Range.
Today's Journey
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Motueka town in the early morning. |
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Reaching the Motueka Inlet on the high tide. |
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Motueka Old Wharf once serving the town before the sand bar expanded turning this harbour into a very shallow mud flat. The wreck of the Janie Seddon is rusting away on the other side of the wharf. |
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Port Motueka in the deep water between the mainland and Jacket's Island. |
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View from the port looking up the Motueka River to Mount Arthur, which I plan to climb tomorrow. These mountains are at the edge of Kahurangi National park stretching across much of the north western corner of the South Island to where the Heaphy Track begins. |
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View across farmland near the town towards Takaka Hill and the mountains of the Abel Tasman National Park. |
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Heading inland from Motueka, we cross a hill into the Orinoco Creek, which flows to the right into Motueka River. |
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Heading closer to the Motueka River with the peak of Sugarloaf (which I successfully climbed in 1988) now obscuring Mount Arthur. The river flows past these mountains. |
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Crossing the rickety Peninsula Bridge over the Motueka River. |
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Continuing up the valley near the Pokororo turnoff towards Mount Arthur, with the sharp marble peak of Crusader in the distance, and the rolling hill of Whitlow closer. |
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