Out of the blue, in early March this year, I received a call from Tuatara and asked if I was available to guide a small group on the Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds. It didn't take long to rearrange a few meetings and agree to guide the walk.
I hadn't walked the entire track in its entirety before - I'd done various sections over the years, but not all at once.
I only had two lovely women - both very fast walkers!
The highlight, apart from guiding these two lovely people, was right at the start - Motuara Island.
This is a protected island with no predators. The birdlife is beautiful - saddlebacks, bellbirds, parakeets, robins, fantails, tomtits - all literally in the same place at one point. The chorus deafening. Plus several Little Blue penguins still in their burrows.
A memorable five days on a great iconic track with two fast women. And at the end of the walk, I managed to catch up with my lovely sister at Waikawa for a few hours before driving down to spend the night in the Company vehicle at Kaikoura for a dawn photographic shoot.
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| East from Motuara Island |
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| South from Motuara Island |
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| Southern Rata flower |
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| Queen Charlotte Sound |
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| Kaikoura Dawn |
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