South Island explore
Our plan was to travel from Reefton to Hanmer Springs via the Rainbow track, have a rest day at Hanmer Springs, then take the Molesworth track, with a final night at Marfells Beach south of Blenheim, before catching the ferry back to Wellington. The main challenge with this plan was the early morning start it required to give us enough time for the Rainbow track.
After a flurry of early-morning packing, we were on the road out of Reefton by 8:30am and travelling through an interesting mix of clear sunny weather and the cold fog of being below the cloud
