Self Drive to Golden Bay 2: Golden Bay to Farewell Spit and Pupu Spring

Dalam dok belek belek photos baru ingat yang aritu tak buat posting lagi on my Golden Bay trip hahaha bersawang giler lol pergi masa winter aritu, now summer baru ingat nak but posting! so this one is the kesinambungan from the last posting : where we drove over Takaka Hill and stopped at Hawkes Lookout (posting here). From Takaka Hill tu, I drove downhill towards Takaka town but tak singgah as we aim to go to Farewell Spit ..so only photo stops along Collingwood ajer ..we didnt detour to Marahau or Kaiteritei coz we were going there the very next day ...for our hiking trip (posting yang nie dah lama published)

a brief stopover at Collingwood

masa nie low tide and nampak the low laying area ...huge area

 stopover on the way to Popuanga ...sebab segerombolan lembu nak transfer ke ladang menghalang perjalanan kami

The original plan is to drive to Popunga and then frolicking kat sand dunes di Farewell Spit and a walk at the beach ..but weather was awful ...ujan sesaja ...so cant go to the sand dunes ...sampai kat Popunga ..we went to the cafe for lunch ....cafe tu overlooking Farewell Spit ...

 sumptous lunch ...overlooking the Spit sambil wishing we could walk there! tapi takde rezeki aritu

kalau cuaca elok, the spit is the must-visit place ..wonderful sand dunes and on that side jugak ada this really lovely beach ...we dont want to risk going there ..so, pas lepak2 lunch here, we drove back ..ati sangat berat meninggalkan tempat ini coz we felt like we missed our opportunity :-(

sand dune - takleh bawak kereta here ...perlu ikut tour or walk :-)

then on the way back to Takaka tu, we accidentally found a beach..on an off beaten track ..tak tau nama beach tu apa hahaha main masuk ajer ...and along that track banyak bach - a kiwi slang for holiday homes - and beach was empty ..kami berdua ajer kat beach at that time ...beautiful view ..hahaha nobody mandi le kan ..as it was in the thick of winter lol

from this unknown beach we went to Pupu Spring ...nama penuh is Te Waikoropupu Spring ..tapi short is Pupu Spring ajer ...tempat ni is a sacred place for the Maori ..air dia takleh disentuh ..itis actually the largest feshwater spring in NZ ...since renyai renyai masa kami sampai ..we only short cut jalan jalan kat situ ..tak follow betul betul its 1km track! hahaha ...but seriously, a very clear beautiful water! 

 entrance to the Spring 

 kami tak ikut the track ..but using shortcut ..walking 10 mins ajer :-) so takde banyak gambar the huge pond of clear water tu

only went to the river section ajer

from there we continue to Takaka town ..a small hippy town..lots of artisan shops and crafts ...the weather improved masa we reached Takaka ...matahari keluar! hahaha we decided to stop for coffee pas membeli souveniours ....sand tak sangka, we acatually went to this cafe yang owner dia sarawakian! hahaha ....org negeri aku weiiiii .....

aku tahu dia sarawakian coz of the decor lol nampak terendak melanau ka dinding kedai tu :-)

so we got talking and we mentioned yang kami nak balik to Nelson, and were disappointed coz cuaca tak best and have to cancel Farewell Spit ..she suggested kami gi lepak Pohara beach dulu before balik ...and to watch sunset kat sana ...Pohara dekat kata nya ..and dia bagi direction gi sana ...so posting for Pohara Beach and sunset watching tu nanti aku buat separate ..gambar banyak :-)