March 2010
Masterton - Wellington - Napier
Coastal Tour
Glenburn Station - Castlepoint
- accommodation & food –
were varied & comfortable - two nights free camping beside streams, several in tents at camp grounds, two in cabins. The most interesting accommodation was on the stations – staying in the shearers' quarters or a cottage. The standard varied from beds with sheets to rooms the sheep had also frequented!! Most days we had the luxury of a shower, even the streams were welcome; we often dined on back country cuisine (dehydrated tinfoil meals where you add boiling water, leave ½ hour & supplement with instant potato, noodles etc), but also managed to sneak in the odd pub meal for variety.
Cycling past the the main woolshed on Flat Point Station.
Negotiating the uphill towards the airstrip on Flat Point Station.
Burger and chip dinner at Riversdale Beach.
Our shearers' quarters at Orui Station, Riversdale.
The long and winding road to Castlepoint. Castle Rock is a beacon in the distance.
Lyn is a bit tentative on some steep downhill gravel on Otahome Road.
Lunch stop at the southern end of Castlepoint Station.
The long and winding road continues and Castle Rock draws nearer.
Looking back to Castle Rock from the viewpoint above the Castlepoint Light.
Check out Castlepoint from the air.
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