Had a good time on the NorthWest Circuit on Stewart Island (south of the South Island of NZ). A beautiful, rugged place similar to the South Coast Track in Tas, with bountiful wildlife and beach scenes.
I was considering connecting it to the Southern Circuit although torrential rainfall at Mason Bay hut, a chance meeting with an American couple who spent the night under an emergency shelter and having shared my food with some other starving trampers lead me to change my mind and walk out a few days earlier. No biggie. One great walk to finish of my journeys here in New Zealand.
Starting the journey at Lee Bay
Bungaree Hut views
When the wind picked up, the burning of sand of my legs made this scene less pleasant
White tailed deer munching on grass that evening at dusk
Stew and huts
Lonely footprints
East Ruggedy Hut
Great rock scrambling
Just after being douched by some enourmous waves
Local friends
Root bridge
Great panoramas down into the many bays that envelop the west coast of the island
Rocky turmoil at the start of Mason Bay
Loads and loads of these juvenile bluebottles had washed up
After getting caught out by the rapidly rising tide
Interesting sand formations
Whale jaw (humpback) two months old
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