Heaphy Track: 82km (51miles) over the Tasman Mountains to the Tasman Sea

The morning after we got back from our little kayak adventure, Edith Shelton and I set off on the Heaphy Track making our way to the West Coast. Four days, each one a distinctly different experience...

Day 1: 17km (~10.5miles) A gradual ascent to Perry Saddle through lush beach forest. (pic. Edith admires the trailside moss)
Day 2: 27.5km (16.7miles) Beautiful Day of tramping through rolling hills of high grassy plains and small stands of stunted beach trees. Saw the sunset on the mouth of the Heaphy River some 20km away (pics. Gouland Downs and sunset on the Tasman Sea).

Day 3: 21.5km (~13.3mi) Gradual descent to the mouth of the Heaphy River. Limestone cliffs, swing bridges, nikau palms and the slowly moving Heaphy River. (pics. Heaphy River Valley and sunset at river mouth)

Day 4: 16.5km (~10.2mi) Hiked South along the Tasman Sea. The thundering surf ever present (pic. me beach hiking)