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| The Queen Charlotte Track map - Ship Cove to Anakiwa. |
The day started with a boat ride from Picton, South Island, along the Sound to Ship Cove, where Captain Cook had landed centuries ago. He made note of the bird calls and I immediately was struck by the loud cicadas and the clarity of the bell notes of the endemic Bellbird.
A beautiful place to start day 1 of our tramping along the Queen Charlotte Track. Months of anticipation and at last we had our feet on the path- a fierce uphill, the walk had started! It is a well formed track but you still need to pay attention to each step as the path winds up and over hills, along steep switchbacks and along stretches of contour, sometimes rocky other times leaf litter, through endemic forests and fern trees, along the water level and all the the time sweeping, majestic views of the Queen Charlotte Sound.
The first 15km was a joy to tramp and we checked into historic Furneaux Lodge, a remote, water only access resort. Drinks and wonderful burgers on the veranda with a special view and day 1 was under the belt.
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| We start - day 1 of 4, 15km of 71km. |
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