From Kaiteriteri we drove west and climbed one of the highest, curviest roads on the island over to Golden Bay, to the town of Takaka. What a cool place, I could have wandered the shops for hours here! We made use of the library's free wifi, had lunch and the headed to Totaranui, the northern end of the Abel Tasman Track. It's quite a road - very narrow and only single lane in many places due to landslides from massive rainfalls in the last couple years and only two thirds of the way is paved. Nigel got us there safely and we parked for two nights, right beside an estuary and across from the sea.
The skies threatened rain the next morning but we set out anyway, north on the Abel Tasman track from Totaranui up to Separation Point. We hiked over headlands and down to golden beaches, the boys even found a stream to dam up early on. We ended up at a steep rocky climb down to a lighthouse where we ate our lunch while watching seals play on the rocks! The tide was out on the return trek making it much faster and easier to get back to our camper 6 hours after leaving it! It had been another great day of hiking and it never ended up raining!
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