When I hiked to Big River Hut a while ago I noticed there was a 4WD track leading there as well. I really wanted to drive this track but at some point it just got too muddy and I didn’t want to get stuck again

So this is as far as I dared to go, maybe in a convoy it would have been different, then you can help each other

Just south of Mawheraiti

Us on the dry riverbed

We continued towards Reefton where we walk the Alborns Coal Mine Walk

An easy walk

Ideal for trail runners I’d think

And of course in this nanny state a lot of the area is closed because of ‘safety’

An old 1916 Leyland truck

They used to transport coal in these

Danger lurks everywhere

A cute little Robin kept us company for a while

I don’t know much about mushrooms, could this be an oyster mushroom?

We saw this cute goat and felt sorry for it, being tied up and all, the water tank has a hole cut in it and is its home

It was happy to be petted

Reefton

West Coast, along the Nikau Road

At the Karamea Bluff Lookout Point

The Radiant Range

Idem

At Kōhaihai Campsite

This too

Map of today, from Waiuta, via Reefton, Westport and Karamea to Kōhaihai