South Island Tour 2011Motueka to Pohara
Tuesday 15 March
As the postcards in Takaka say:-
IT'S ONLY A HILL - GET OVER IT!!
Today was the the one we had all been looking forward to with varying degrees of trepidation.
This was the day we rode the dreaded Takaka Hill.
The climbing - about 9km of it - starts.
Photo : Mack
Solly was a fairly constant companion.
Photo : Margaret
There's another one coming down from the left.
Photo : Margaret
The road climbs ........
Photo : Mack
..... and climbs .....
Photo : Mack
Until you are rewarded with this.
The red areas are covers on Riwaka orchards.
Photo : Selwyn
Ray takes in the view from Hawkes Lookout.
Photo : Selwyn
This is Tasman Bay from the Ngarua Caves.
D'Urville Island is on the horizon at the left and Nelson is just off-stage right.
Photo : Mack
Following a climb to 791 m it was appropriate to record the occasion.
Margaret and Maurice had no one with them to take their photos,
but Ron & Susan had Neale & Lyn, and vice versa, while Mack got a
guy from Adelaide to push the button.
Ron has a peep at the first hairpin on the descent.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
Upper Takaka Valley.
Photo : Mack
The view towards the second hairpin, somewhere down in the bush.
Photo : Mack
No!! That's NOT the Takaka Hill. Thank goodness!!.
But it does look interesting.
Photo : Ron
Appropriate road sign.
Photo : Maurice
Pohara Sands Café where we had a couple of enjoyable meals.
Photo : Maurice
Mack, with Gaye and Lesley, raises a glass under the Mac's umbrella.
Photo : Ron
Susan riding through the short tunnel near the Pohara Harbour.
Photo : Ron
Fortunately, the rain stayed in them thar hills on the far side of Takaka.
Photo : Mack
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