There was a heavy mist (or low cloud) which made it quite eerie. Many women stayed on the plateau as the only way down in the early years was in the coal wagons down the incline which in places was 1:1.25. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/denniston-incline.
I don't know how I missed your two previous posts, but I just caught up on them all and enjoyed reading about your trip. What a nice start to your new life together.
ReplyDeleteYes, an early honeymoon with 38 other people!!!!
DeleteI think we visited there in 1986, and what a desolate place for any wife, and trying to bring up a family. Men with a lot of inner strength to battle those conditions day after day. Enjoy more as you travel further south, the S.I. has beauty everywhere, and we found it was a slower pace, less traffic, and everyone SO friendly.
ReplyDeleteYes, and it was good going on a day like that as it really showed how bleak it could get. We only went as far south as Reefton. It was our first coach tour and we enjoyed it so much we will definitely do it again.
DeleteCape FOUL WIND sounds fun.
ReplyDeleteIt was previously named Rocky Cape by Abel Tasman, the first European to visit it, in 1642. The present name was bestowed upon this promontory by English explorer James Cook in 1770 after his ship Endeavour was blown quite a distance offshore from this point.
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