Knuckle Hill

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On Tuesday while in Collingwood we took advantage of the great weather and headed over to the west coast to climb Knuckle Hill in Kahurangi National Park.

This aptly named hill provides the only elevated viewpoint of Whanganui Inlet, a huge estuary declared a marine reserve and wildlife management reserve in 1994. For the first few kilometres Findlay wasn't too keen so we were very glad that we had visited the corner shop before we left Collingwood and stocked up on lollies!

From the car park, an old logging road climbed gently through regenerating forest and there were some great views over the west coast. From the top, right on the boundary of Kahurangi National Park, the views of the top of the South Island, particularly Farewell Spit and Whanganui Inlet were quite outstanding. We had a glorious sunny day and it was hard to believe it was the middle of winter.