Kayaking Abel Tasman National Park

After a very hasty breakfast we got to Tata Beach at 8.15am and met up as arranged with Golden Bay Kayaks. Our first experience of kayaking en famille, and we were doing it on the Tasman Sea cant be bad! Joe took the girls and I took Rhys, and the two biggest kids helped out as best they could with the paddling, to mixed effect, ahem. It was really quiet and calm as we headed out to two islands offshore, and the sea was totally transparent. We met another fur seal having a play on the rocks, and watched the petrels. Joe was all for pushing on around the headland to a hidden sandy beach, but I chickened out. The jetskiers and motorboats were out by this time causing far too much wake, and once away from the shelter of the islands there was a sea swell too. Though Rhys did try and help with the oars, he is only six I was using muscles not accustomed to doing anything and getting blisters! So, the kids and I opted to head back to shore and play on the beach, leaving Joe free to go out and enjoy the experience in solitude for another hour (and without having to yell Rowan, SLOW DOWN! One, Two, One Two! Oh, are you stopping AGAIN??) http://www.3-6-6.com

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• Abel Tasman
• South Island
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• InterIslander ferry
• Cook Strait
• Marlborough Sound
• Queen Charlottes Drive
• Nelson
• Takaka Hill
• Abel Tasman coast
• Golden Bay
• Pohara beach
• Tonga Bay
• Awaroa Lodge
• Tata Beach
• petrels
• sandfly
• Comet Naughton
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