Our first destination after leaving Invercargill last Thursday was Weir's Beach. We left mid afternoon after doing a few last minute jobs and like getting groceries and filling with fuel. We headed to the Fortrose foreshore and stopped for a cuppa. This is the site of where we camped on our first night two years ago when we began this journey. The photo at the top of this blog is taken in the exact some spot. Unfortunately it wasn't nearly such a nice day so we didn't stay long.
We wanted to get to Weir's Beach before dark. The road follows along almost parallel to the southern coast and much of it is gravel. There is a District Council camp at Weir's Beach and this is where we parked for the night.
This area has significance for Stephen and his family and I have been calling it his ancestral lands. Stephen's grandmother was a Weir and she married a Bennett.
The next morning we explored a bit more of the area. I had never been to Slope Point, the southern most land point on the South Island of NZ. We thought that it was a poignant spot to visit as we intend to visit the northern most point of the North Island when we travel up there in a month or two. We traveled along gravel roads with more Weir and Bennett letterboxes visible before coming to a sign that pointed to Slope Point.
From here we had to walk through farmland (once again the farm that Stephen's Grandparents farmed) to arrive at the southern most land point. The day was a very typical southern coast one with a strong wind blowing.
The trees in the area are certainly testimony to these weather patterns.
We finished our tour by walking down the beach road by the camp to where Stephen's grandmother was brought up. The house is no longer there, having fallen into ruin over the years. Euphemia (Great grandmother) raised a large family here, mostly on her own, as her husband was a sailor on a ship and only returned home for visits. No wonder Southlanders are a very hardy bred, having survived in such a climate in those early days.
We wanted to get to Weir's Beach before dark. The road follows along almost parallel to the southern coast and much of it is gravel. There is a District Council camp at Weir's Beach and this is where we parked for the night.
This area has significance for Stephen and his family and I have been calling it his ancestral lands. Stephen's grandmother was a Weir and she married a Bennett.
The next morning we explored a bit more of the area. I had never been to Slope Point, the southern most land point on the South Island of NZ. We thought that it was a poignant spot to visit as we intend to visit the northern most point of the North Island when we travel up there in a month or two. We traveled along gravel roads with more Weir and Bennett letterboxes visible before coming to a sign that pointed to Slope Point. From here we had to walk through farmland (once again the farm that Stephen's Grandparents farmed) to arrive at the southern most land point. The day was a very typical southern coast one with a strong wind blowing. We finished our tour by walking down the beach road by the camp to where Stephen's grandmother was brought up. The house is no longer there, having fallen into ruin over the years. Euphemia (Great grandmother) raised a large family here, mostly on her own, as her husband was a sailor on a ship and only returned home for visits. No wonder Southlanders are a very hardy bred, having survived in such a climate in those early days.
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