Cape Foulwind

After a night parked on the back beach behind Tauranga Bay, (near Westport) we packed our lunch, and biked around to the start of the Cape Foulwind Walkway.  This is a very well formed track and very popular with the tourists. Evidence of this was the very large carpark, complete with mobile Muffin and Coffee shop.

The track is divided into stages, with a short wheelchair access section up to the lookout down on the the seals. You could spend ages looking down on this colony watching their antics and at this time of the year the cubs are still there and very active.

We decided to walk onto the lighthouse which was a little more strenuous and took us about an hour. We had packed our lunch and sat at its base and enjoyed the views. A quick walk down to the carpark at the Cape Foulwind saw us heading back to our end at Tauranga Bay. 

You can imagine our surprise when saying our ‘hellos’ to a couple we were passing in the other direction were friends from Invercargill. Neither Jenny or I knew that the other was in the area. We couldn’t have arranged it if we had tried!!!!