Transport down to the mouth of the "Rangi." The old and the new method of getting there are shown well in this photograph. Walking over loose shingle is surprisingly exhausting especially if carrying a heavy load of fishing gear, food, drink, and warm clothing. At the mouths of the big Canterbury east coast salmon rivers a shingle spit is formed by wave action. When the river floods following heavy rain in its catchment a new "mouth" is often punched in the spit. For this reason the mouth proper can move back and forth by as much as five kilometers. |
