We’re doing the Charming Creek Walkway today

It’s full of old mining stuff

Like these remains of some building

Rusted stuff

Some empty shed

Very dangerous stuff!

Lovely conditions for walking now

This thing has been here for ages and then in more recent years they put a roof over it, I can only assume to protect it, from rusting…

The creek, isn’t it charming

We just walked this bit, we should be getting closer to the waterfall

A swing bridge, we should be safe as there’s just the two of us

Ah, no, not safe, closed, of course

The waterfall! It’s nice, good place for lunch too

It’s all charming here

The very dangerous swing bridge

And we’re leaving again

Once more the creek, must be lovely to swim there, if you can stand the cold water

The thing I keep wondering is how they get these things here, in the middle of nowhere. Brought in pieces and assembled right there? The stuff is big and heavy!

Like how would you carry something as big as that down paths like these? I can’t imagine how it was done, they didn’t have choppers back then.

A little cave

Our trip from today, from Mōkihinui to the Charming Creek Walk to somewhere on the way to Nelson

Got to have another look at the beach here

As does Rachel

Once every 10 minutes or so the waves really smashes on to the rocks with such force that the water splashes up 5 times higher than in the photo, I tried to get that high splash on photo but the wait was just to long, this photo is the best I could do

Still misty here

After leaving Kōhaihai and driving through Little Wanganui I noticed a turnoff that looked like it would take us to the beach and indeed it did. It turned out we could even get the car on the beach so of course we took it for a spin!

At the Little Wanganui River

Lake Hanlon

Nice little walk

On the northern shore of the Mōkihinui River, looking to the southern shore

Looking inland

Another lovely beach here

On the northern shore you have the Gentle Annie campsite

We decided to do the Chasm Creek Walkway

Just great. Everything in NZ is getting closed because of ‘safety’. Such a nanny state. We ignored the warning and felt very safe walking across this bridge

A little side-track leads us to the river

An unusual looking spider web

This reminded me of the Bridge to Nowhere near Whanganui (on the North Island)

Some nice views along the hike

And a tunnel

The river again

On the southern shore of the Kōhaihai River there is also a campsite, and it’s cheaper than Gentle Annie so we stay here

The southern shore, I was on the other side in that photo before

The remains of some wreck

Happy Rachel

Campsite just off to the right

Map of today’s trip, from Kōhaihai  in the north to Mōkihinui in the south