The route
followed beaches yesterday & today and luckily low tide time was at around
midday both days. Left the hotel at 8:30 and walked towards Invercargill along
Oreti beach. The beach located on the other side of point that I walked
yesterday but the condition was totally different. The sand was hard enough to
drive and the sea was shallow for a good distance from the shore. The easy
walking beach reminded me of ninety mile beach that I had walked 9 months ago.
Bluff, which has been a long way off at that time, was now just in front of me.
A cloudy day with cold south-westerly. Heard snow came down to town again today
in Queenstown, and mountains in Stewart Island off the shore looked beautiful
with snow. Tones of deep red seaweeds were washed up at a section of the beach
and there was a strong smell of the sea in the air. Route went away from the
beach at 13:00 and after 7km walking along the road arrived at Invercargill at
15:00.
Supposed to meet Chiharu here but she was running late due to the snow. Walked further a path along the estuary for another 4km and towards to State Hightway 1 near
the sewage disposal. Chiharu picked me up and drove to Golden Leaf Apartment. Stayed in 1 bedroom unit at $101. Spent the last evening on TA with her happily. Walked 8 hours, 35km.
昨日今日と浜辺を歩くコースだが、ちょうど干潮が正午前後でとても都合が良い。8:30に宿を出て、オレティ浜を一路インバーカーギルに向かって進む。昨日のティハカ浜と岬一つ隔てただけなのに、砂浜の性格は全く違い、車でも走れるほど固く引き締まった遠浅の浜はとても歩き易く、9か月前に歩いた90マイルビーチを思い出した。あの頃はブラフが遥か彼方に思えたものだが、今そのブラフが目の前にある。
一日曇り空で、南西の風が冷たい。クイーンズタウンでは今朝また町中まで雪が積もったそうだが、沖合のスチュワート島も山々が真っ白に雪化粧していて美しい。浜辺の一角に紅色の海藻が大量に打ち上げられている場所があり、濃厚な磯の香りがした。13:00に浜辺を外れ、7kmの車道歩きの後、15:00にインバーカーギル到着。
ちはると待ち合わせをしていたが、積雪のため到着が遅れそうなので、更に4km先まで干潟に沿って遊歩道を歩き、下水処理場の辺りで国道一号線に出、ちはるの車で市内のゴールデン・リーフ・アパートメントへ$101でチェックイン。TA最後の晩は2人で楽しく過ごした。22:30就寝。本日の歩行8時間、35km。
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