Moving on time today towards Manapouri. We left Winton with a short stop to buy a lunchtime pie for later and headed off down to the coast for our lunch stop at Riverton. It boasts a couple of Paua Jewellery places and with the sun shining was a pleasant place to visit.
After a quick walk through the shopping area, one of the local retailers suggested a drive around to the “Riverton Rocks” area where we could have lunch looking out over the sea towards Stewart Island.
The “Riverton Rocks” was a name given to the property of an early pioneering family and the name has since been adopted for the area. Following the foreshore round to Taramea Bay you enter the Riverton Rocks area and can stop to admire the beaches and reserve, where we halted for lunch. Just the two of us today as Dot has had to return to Wellington for family reasons for a few days. Derek will catch us up in Manapouri before picking up Dot again in Queenstown
Looking out Towards Invercargill Stopped for Lunch
On then to a freedom camping area at Orepuki called Monkeys Island, so named it is presumed because a Monkey Winch was used to ferry boats ashore. The island is accessible at low tide but it was blowing quite vigorously when we got there.
Apart from a quick look I haven’t ventured too far
Our Campsite Monkey Island
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