January 31, 2025 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks ab.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Our Travel correspondent Mike Yardley is taking us for a
few walks in Wings and Marlboro this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Yoda, yolda Jack, what is.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The best way would you say to start the day?
Right at the top of the south there and picked in.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Well, as you know, Jack, Pickton is ringked with some
salivating trails. I reckon a really good head clearer to
start the day as the Bob's Bay trick. So if
you're in Pickton, head over that coat Hanger Bridge by
the marina, around to Shelley Beach and then onto Bob's Bay.
There's such a short and sweet hillside stroll on the
harbor edge. Beast of all, you've got such a good
(00:49):
vantage point. Watch the fieries pulling in out of pict
In typically not on auto pilots.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yes, typically not, hopefully not. I think I think we
can be cauiously optimistic that they've learned from mistakes. So
last year, Yeah, so did you got snout track?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yes? I did, Jack, And obviously all the locals will
tell visitors you've got to do snout track and the
full walk all ride is about twelve kilometers, but it's
the marquee views of Queen Charlotte Sound all the way
to the head of the peninsula. That's what makes the
walk the gift that keeps on giving its view with
(01:29):
demo and if you do want to cheat, you can
just drive through a lot of it to Victoria Domain
up to the Queen Charlotte Viewpoint car park, which overlooks
Tesecai Bay and Karaka Bay, which is where the fairy
grounded last year. In fact, I think from that car
park viewpoint is probably where your auntie famously did her
(01:54):
live on the scene radio cross last year.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, that's right, they got the call up, got the
call up. Yeah, that's I think. I think that's exactly
where it was.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Yes, So from that, from that carpark deck, I was
just going to say, if you do want to do
a short walk from the car park, it's just forty
minutes walking time to the very tip of the peninsula
to the snout and then the other really cool walk,
also including Victoria Domain, is the picct In to Wait
Carwak Trek, which is actually a doddle of a walk.
(02:25):
Most of it is flat, fabulously through Bosh so you
get a lot of bird song zipping you all the
way to the serene sites of Whitekawa bait nice.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So when you feel pekish and pickton.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Yeah we issue did well. I reckon toast your lords.
It's hard to beat. So this shop is right on
the waterfront across from the marina, and people just go
gagger over the a gourmet sowdo toasted semis. I Reckon
the Ivan is perhaps the best of the lot. The
ivan is like a mashup of pastrami, saur kraut, and pickle.
(03:01):
It is just so good, such a great way to
fuel your walk. And if we are looking for something
a bit more substantial aid from the day, my suggestion
would be Cortado. Very Mediterranean based menu, lots of tapers,
lots of small plates, things like Spanish meat balls, lamb
tooss data and Cortado Jack is owned by a Mark
(03:23):
and Joe Yardley, So it's got to be good.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Right, Yeah, yeah, you can trust that it's not related.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I have to have to point.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Out, Hey, it's all right, Adie, Bob's already had a
shout out.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
That's the nepotism.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, if you want to combine some really good work
walks with endangered bird life on a Queen Charlotte cruise,
where would you say as good?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, if burning is your bag, I would suggest do
the half day jaunt to Motawada Island. I only recently
went to Mottawara for the first time, recently with Beach
Comba Cruises. So Beach Coma do these fantastic cat day
excursions until about the end of April is the season
(04:05):
and it's such a driving island sanctuary. So you've got
this amazing one way track around the hell. And the
reason it's so good is because you get the most
incredible lookout points like, for example, the Cock Straight Lookout.
Oh yeah, the cracking perch across to the North Island
and Cock Strait. But yeah, it's all about the birds,
(04:27):
to be honest. Jeck and Motuara has been predator free
for over thirty years. So over the course of a
couple of hours I encountered gray warblers, the South Island saddleback,
the Kakariki, which of course is one of our great
parakeets in the South Island Robin. Also the Marlborough green
gecko which talk about green, it's more like vivid emerald,
(04:51):
the Marlboro cream Gecko. It looks like it's been sort
of dipped in a de luxe color chart. It's just amazing.
So yeah, alongside the geckos you will be twitching on overdrive.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Ah how special Motuara is close to ship Cove.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Isn't it It is? So this is another little sort
of special add on to the excursion. You get a
shortly layover at chip Cove, and I just love ship
Cove that it is just steeped in history. You can
feel the history at chip Cove because I mean James
Cork dropped anchor the on five separate ocations. He loved
to ship Cove. Some of the earliest sustained contacts between
(05:28):
Europeans and Maori occurred at chip Cove and it was harmonious.
The Coock Monument so cool because it's got one of
the original canons from the Endeavor, and then alongside that
that gorgeous carved for Fenowa, which vividly illustrates the wonderful
legend of Coupe and the giant octopus he chased in
these waters. So yeah, I just think ship Cover is
(05:51):
one of the heart stealing destinations in New Zealand. It's
also of course the start of the Queen Charlotte track
if you wanted a walking and talking with the birds.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, and from the beautiful peace and serenity within the
New Zealand bush to some big V eight engines taken
to the skies or the twelve in some cases. The
big air show is returning to mal to Blenham, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
That's right? Yeah, I thought we should mention this because
it's not that far away Easter weekend the Classic Fighter's
Air Show, and there's going to be over one hundred
aircraft taking part. Vintage planes fight at aircraft from both
world Wars, lots of jet age specimens. A lot of
them are locally based at Omaka Aviation Heritage Center, but
(06:36):
also there are dozens coming from across New Zealand and internationally.
I got a sneak peg jack at some of the
props in the displays that have been worked on which
will form part of the spectacles at the air show.
So it's quite a big production they put on and
they are pulling at all the stops. So yeah, if
that sounds like a bit of you, I would strongly
(06:57):
suggest you booked your tickets. But perhaps more importantly, your
accommodation Toronto ahead of Easter in Blenham.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Yeah, advice, Hey, Mike, come, Given it was what November,
I think you had the Christmas decorations up at your place.
We know you love, we know you love the festivities
over the Christmas period, but given us now February first,
I just needed to triple check you have taken your
Christmas decorations down, haven't you.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
I got a bit of a shock when I looked
at the gallon. I have a very big weekend task
ahead them by.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
We're gonna if you I'm going to check in this
time next week. Don't make us stage an intervention, will you.
I mean we're almost getting We're we're not too far
off the point where just to leave them up in
time for next Christmas.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Mike, I can just not this. There are some white
jackets down at the front gate. Jack, Yes, that could
be the reason.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I'm good luck with that. Thank you so much, and
we'll put all of your tips for traveling through Marlborough,
especially ahead of the Wonderful war Birds Festival over Easter
weekend up on the news talk. We se'd the website for.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame listen live to
News talks 'B from nine a m. Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks ab.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Our Travel correspondent Mike Yardley is taking us for a
few walks in Wings and Marlboro this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Yoda, yolda Jack, what is.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The best way would you say to start the day?
Right at the top of the south there and picked in.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Well, as you know, Jack, Pickton is ringked with some
salivating trails. I reckon a really good head clearer to
start the day as the Bob's Bay trick. So if
you're in Pickton, head over that coat Hanger Bridge by
the marina, around to Shelley Beach and then onto Bob's Bay.
There's such a short and sweet hillside stroll on the
harbor edge. Beast of all, you've got such a good
(00:49):
vantage point. Watch the fieries pulling in out of pict
In typically not on auto pilots.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yes, typically not, hopefully not. I think I think we
can be cauiously optimistic that they've learned from mistakes. So
last year, Yeah, so did you got snout track?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yes? I did, Jack, And obviously all the locals will
tell visitors you've got to do snout track and the
full walk all ride is about twelve kilometers, but it's
the marquee views of Queen Charlotte Sound all the way
to the head of the peninsula. That's what makes the
walk the gift that keeps on giving its view with
(01:29):
demo and if you do want to cheat, you can
just drive through a lot of it to Victoria Domain
up to the Queen Charlotte Viewpoint car park, which overlooks
Tesecai Bay and Karaka Bay, which is where the fairy
grounded last year. In fact, I think from that car
park viewpoint is probably where your auntie famously did her
(01:54):
live on the scene radio cross last year.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, that's right, they got the call up, got the
call up. Yeah, that's I think. I think that's exactly
where it was.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Yes, So from that, from that carpark deck, I was
just going to say, if you do want to do
a short walk from the car park, it's just forty
minutes walking time to the very tip of the peninsula
to the snout and then the other really cool walk,
also including Victoria Domain, is the picct In to Wait
Carwak Trek, which is actually a doddle of a walk.
(02:25):
Most of it is flat, fabulously through Bosh so you
get a lot of bird song zipping you all the
way to the serene sites of Whitekawa bait nice.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So when you feel pekish and pickton.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Yeah we issue did well. I reckon toast your lords.
It's hard to beat. So this shop is right on
the waterfront across from the marina, and people just go
gagger over the a gourmet sowdo toasted semis. I Reckon
the Ivan is perhaps the best of the lot. The
ivan is like a mashup of pastrami, saur kraut, and pickle.
(03:01):
It is just so good, such a great way to
fuel your walk. And if we are looking for something
a bit more substantial aid from the day, my suggestion
would be Cortado. Very Mediterranean based menu, lots of tapers,
lots of small plates, things like Spanish meat balls, lamb
tooss data and Cortado Jack is owned by a Mark
(03:23):
and Joe Yardley, So it's got to be good.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Right, Yeah, yeah, you can trust that it's not related.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I have to have to point.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Out, Hey, it's all right, Adie, Bob's already had a
shout out.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
That's the nepotism.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, if you want to combine some really good work
walks with endangered bird life on a Queen Charlotte cruise,
where would you say as good?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, if burning is your bag, I would suggest do
the half day jaunt to Motawada Island. I only recently
went to Mottawara for the first time, recently with Beach
Comba Cruises. So Beach Coma do these fantastic cat day
excursions until about the end of April is the season
(04:05):
and it's such a driving island sanctuary. So you've got
this amazing one way track around the hell. And the
reason it's so good is because you get the most
incredible lookout points like, for example, the Cock Straight Lookout.
Oh yeah, the cracking perch across to the North Island
and Cock Strait. But yeah, it's all about the birds,
(04:27):
to be honest. Jeck and Motuara has been predator free
for over thirty years. So over the course of a
couple of hours I encountered gray warblers, the South Island saddleback,
the Kakariki, which of course is one of our great
parakeets in the South Island Robin. Also the Marlborough green
gecko which talk about green, it's more like vivid emerald,
(04:51):
the Marlboro cream Gecko. It looks like it's been sort
of dipped in a de luxe color chart. It's just amazing.
So yeah, alongside the geckos you will be twitching on overdrive.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Ah how special Motuara is close to ship Cove.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Isn't it It is? So this is another little sort
of special add on to the excursion. You get a
shortly layover at chip Cove, and I just love ship
Cove that it is just steeped in history. You can
feel the history at chip Cove because I mean James
Cork dropped anchor the on five separate ocations. He loved
to ship Cove. Some of the earliest sustained contacts between
(05:28):
Europeans and Maori occurred at chip Cove and it was harmonious.
The Coock Monument so cool because it's got one of
the original canons from the Endeavor, and then alongside that
that gorgeous carved for Fenowa, which vividly illustrates the wonderful
legend of Coupe and the giant octopus he chased in
these waters. So yeah, I just think ship Cover is
(05:51):
one of the heart stealing destinations in New Zealand. It's
also of course the start of the Queen Charlotte track
if you wanted a walking and talking with the birds.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, and from the beautiful peace and serenity within the
New Zealand bush to some big V eight engines taken
to the skies or the twelve in some cases. The
big air show is returning to mal to Blenham, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
That's right? Yeah, I thought we should mention this because
it's not that far away Easter weekend the Classic Fighter's
Air Show, and there's going to be over one hundred
aircraft taking part. Vintage planes fight at aircraft from both
world Wars, lots of jet age specimens. A lot of
them are locally based at Omaka Aviation Heritage Center, but
(06:36):
also there are dozens coming from across New Zealand and internationally.
I got a sneak peg jack at some of the
props in the displays that have been worked on which
will form part of the spectacles at the air show.
So it's quite a big production they put on and
they are pulling at all the stops. So yeah, if
that sounds like a bit of you, I would strongly
(06:57):
suggest you booked your tickets. But perhaps more importantly, your
accommodation Toronto ahead of Easter in Blenham.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Yeah, advice, Hey, Mike, come, Given it was what November,
I think you had the Christmas decorations up at your place.
We know you love, we know you love the festivities
over the Christmas period, but given us now February first,
I just needed to triple check you have taken your
Christmas decorations down, haven't you.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
I got a bit of a shock when I looked
at the gallon. I have a very big weekend task
ahead them by.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
We're gonna if you I'm going to check in this
time next week. Don't make us stage an intervention, will you.
I mean we're almost getting We're we're not too far
off the point where just to leave them up in
time for next Christmas.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Mike, I can just not this. There are some white
jackets down at the front gate. Jack, Yes, that could
be the reason.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I'm good luck with that. Thank you so much, and
we'll put all of your tips for traveling through Marlborough,
especially ahead of the Wonderful war Birds Festival over Easter
weekend up on the news talk. We se'd the website for.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame listen live to
News talks 'B from nine a m. Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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