Day 79 - Abel Tasman National Park

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Drove to Motueka to drop our bags off at the Happy Apple backpackers, then drove on to Marahau in the Abel Tasman National Park where we just made the 1:30pm water taxi to Torrent Bay further up the coast from where we would take the long walk back to the car (it took us 6 hours). This area of coastline is dotted with golden sandy beaches between rocky cliffs covered in jungle. It's possible to walk or kayak between beaches and camp overnight, though we didn't have time for that. Unfortunately the paths along the cliffs hid the beaches and the ocean from view for much of the walk, unless detours were made to the beaches. But we did get to a couple of nice beaches, and just made it back to the car for sunset by taking a massive shortcut along the final stretch of beach as the tide went out.

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Photos

Beach at low tide
Spot Louisa