Queen Charlotte Track - March 2009

In March we headed over to the South Island to hike the Queen Charlotte track with the Howarth family for a long weekend. We learnt that the ferry actually travels West to get to Picton in the South Island and not at all South due to the how the islands are both at an angle.
Two days of hiking...starting at Endeavour inlet to Resolution Bay (3 hours) and then the next day Endeavour inlet to Camp Bay (4 1/2 hours).

Sue and John and James and Meghan

We stayed at a lovely house with the kids all in one room and two rooms for the adults.

It is so set up for tramping here. The water taxi takes you to the start of the hike so you don't have to carry more than your day pack. And you can order on line at the grocery store to have the water taxi deliver your food.

This is a Weka bird that lived by our house and was eager for scraps

Tree Fern

Red mushrooms!

Rebecca asleep on the water taxi.