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Introducing Marlborough Sounds
The Marlborough Sounds are a crazed geographic omelette of inlets, headlands, peaks, beaches and watery reaches, formed when the sea flooded into deep valleys after the last ice age. Parts of the Sounds are included in the Marlborough Sounds Maritime Park – a series of small reserves punctuated by private land. To get an idea of how convoluted the sounds are, Pelorus Sound is 42km long but has 379km of shoreline! With your own wheels, the wiggly, atmospheric 36km drive along Queen Charlotte Dr from Picton to Havelock is a great Sounds snapshot (even on a rainy day).
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The Queen Charlotte Track is the main lure for trampers, but the two-day Nydia Track is also worthwhile. Secluded accommodation (boutique and rudimentary) is scattered throughout the Sounds.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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