Kevin's Guide to Nelson, New Zealand - Photo looking towards Abel Tasman National Park from Nelson
Abel Tasman National Park, with Tahunanui in the foreground
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The photo of Rabbit Island joins this photo to the left.
Another similar view, taken with the tide in, can be seen at the bottom of the page.
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Abel Tasman National Park. Over half of the hills that you see here are inside the National Park.
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The sands of Tahunanui Beach taken at near low tide. It is these sands which give the area its name (Tahunanui roughly translates from the
Maori language as 'shifting sands'). At high tide, these sand bars are completely covered - see photo below. The main channel clearly visible
cutting through the sand bars is one of the main channels for the tidal esturies at the southern end of Tasman Bay and the currents through
here can be swift making it dangerous for swimmers, but the rest of the beach (from the right hand edge of the photo) is a very safe swimming
beach for the whole family.
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Takaka Hill. This is where the road to Golden Bay crosses the hills. From this angle, Motueka is is on the coast just below here.
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