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Published: April 13th 2009
Hokitika 2nd - 4th April 2009
We had planned to just overnight at Hokitika, but luckily decided to do a little exploring as we had heard there was a beautiful gorge there. The weather was still lovely so we drove to the gorge. It really was incredible - the blue of the water had to be seen to be believed. I was tempted to go for a swim, but when I dangled my fingers in the water they were almost instantly numbed with the cold. There was no way I was going in!
On the way back from the gorge we stopped at a memorial for seven policemen who were shot by a farmer in the 1940's when he went crazy. The story of what happened was written next to the memorial. It was very moving. There's been a film made about it - 'Bad Blood' - will have to try to watch it when we get home.
We spent the rest of the morning walking around Lake Kaniere where we found a deserted beach and I got my swim - the water was lovely, not cold at all. In the afternoon I walked along the beach, while
Rob watched cricket at the campsite!
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