Pelorous Bridge

On Wednesday night, we camped at the DOC campsite at Pelorous Bridge in the mountains between Picton and Nelson. This was a "serviced" campsite and, as such, had the greatest range of facilities of any of the DOC campsites we had stayed at so far. Warm showers? Gas hob for cooking? We were impressed.

It also had great views of the river which was still swollen after the recent rain. Here is the view from our van:



We arrived early enough to go out and explore the area a bit too. We were advised to check out the swing bridge over the nearby river Rai:



I was able to tempt Hannah to cross this bridge, from which can be seen the confluence of the Rai and the Pelorous in the distance:



We also climbed on the rocks by the Pelorous River. As you can see, these rocks are particularly geological:



Our hosts at the campsite also recommended walking to a nearby waterfall where glow worms can be found. We duly did this and found our path blocked by a stream gushing with the water of the recent rains. Hannah was unable to cross but I made it to the other side and found where I thought the glow worms ought to be. I'm not sure if the worms were actually glowing at the time, mind, since the sun had yet to go down completely.



The waterfall itself was pretty beautiful:



DOC campsites never cease to amaze me. The are the cheapest campsites available and are also almost always sited in the most wonderful locations.