The Whale Trail is planned to be an approximately 210km cycling and walking trail along the South Island’s spectacular northeast coast, from Picton to Kaikōura.
Driven by local communities and delivered by the Marlborough Kaikōura Trail Trust, the proposed trail will connect the communities of Blenheim, Seddon, Ward, Kekerengu and Clarence, and showcase our regions’ rich, diverse landscapes, history, industries and people.
The Whale Trail will be an incredible world-class cycling and walking trail, connecting coastal communities between Picton and Kaikōura. The Trail is managed by the Marlborough Kaikoura Trail Trust (MKTT)
This cache is placed along The Whale Trail on the uncompleted Waitohi Section between Picton and Tua Marina (Tuamarino to be politically correct). At the date of listing, according to the Trail website only two parts of the Waitohi section are open, the section from the Elevation south to Factory Road by the Picton Airport at Koromiko, and the section from Bush Road near Tuamarino north to the trail bridge constructed over the Tuamarino River. They state the rest of the track is under construction and ask users to respect the track closed signs.
To do the section from the Elevation to Factory Road, the Trust ask that you start at Factory Road and do a return trip to the Elevation and back. This is because there is no parking at the Elevation as the area is a private driveway, and crossing the traffic on the busy SH 1 is, to put it in the words of the trust...'heinous'.
The is placed at the southern end of a 'Flash New Fence' that borders the trail. At this point there is a private residence extremely close to the trail and it is my guess that in order for the Trust to get permission to use the adjacent land for the Trail, the owner requested this privacy barrier to be constructed. It certainly seems to do the job.
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