Stony Bay Stream, Hinewai Circuit

Saturday 22 June 2019

From Akaroa the cars turned up Stony Bay Road at the well-known BNZ landmark. We parked at the top of this winding and narrow road/track at Stony Bay Saddle.

The forest track starts very close to the saddle and leads down alongside Stony Bay Stream. Doug, our able leader and guide called a tea-break when we crossed the stream and got on a farm track at the physical low-point of our walk. A steep climb along a fence adjacent to Marks Bush on Armstrong, then Narbey farm land got us to the Stony Bay ridge-top where we crossed the fence to The Stones, though on ‘Topomap’ it’s just Point 518.