Boardwalk, Waimea Estuary

No record like this would be complete without a brief listing of highlights. so here goes one perspective:

• The Great Taste Tasman Trail itself
  

  Waimea Inlet, from Main Road

  • Well constructed, well maintained, and largely on dedicated tracks
• The scenery:
  • Waimea Estuary
  • Rabbit Island
  • Mapua surrounds
  • Mapua to Motueka trail – including the lookouts
• The Cafes and Bars which kept us fed, particularly:
  

  Honest Lawyer, Monaco, Nelson

  • Honest Lawyer, Monaco
  • Petite Fleur Vineyard Restaurant, Siefrieds Estate, Appleby
  • The Boat Shed Cafe, Mapua
  • Golden Bear Brewery, Mapua Wharf (“Seismic” according to Paul)
  • Jester House, Tasman
  • Riverside Cafe, Riverside Community, Lower Moutere
  • Jellyfish Cafe, Mapua Wharf
• The friendly people who were interested in discussing our ride
  

  Riverside Cafe

  • Staff of the cafes
  • Other diners and guests
  • Passersby, who stopped for a chat
• Mapua Wharf: a hive of activity (as seen below)

Would we do another trip? What do you think?