Mokihinui river.

Mokihinui Bridge going north.

Driving across Mokihinui River bridge, snow on the Glasgow Range.

Looking down at Mokihinui and the rivermouth from Gentle Annie Beach.

Mokihinui beach looking north, across Mokihinui rivermouth to Gentle Annie.

On Mokihinui beach.

Mokihinui beach looking south towards Westport.

Fishing boats, Westport.

Road from Westport to Mokihinui

The road from Westport to Mokihinui.

On Mokihinui Road looking towards Seddonville, the Mokihinui Preserve in the background. The Glasgow Range in the far distance.

Seddonville Hotel, neither historic nor cute, it's the focus point of the Seddonville settlement as it is the postal centre and wee store. It also has motel units. It seems to be the meeting place of the community.... bowling club, volunteer fire brigade, the whitebaiters etc.

This map shows the Buller district. Old Forest is just a wee way past Seddonville, just a kilometre or two. Go to the web site below and click on different areas on the map to find walks in those areas.

www.westcoast.org.nz/bullerwalks/coastmap.htm

February this year we looked at land 50 kilometers north of Westport, South Island. It was a new subdivision overlooking the Mokihinui River called the Mokihinui Preserve. The 40 hectare preserve has 11 residential blocks in various sizes with a series of covenants which were designed to protect the giant beech, rata and rimu trees plus many other native trees and plants such as nikau, ferns and lancewoods as well as it's native bird life.

Two sections in the Mokihinui Preserve had been sold earlier but all the rest sold within 48 hours of an article about the Preserve being published in the property section of Christchurch newspaper The Press. We bought Lot 8, and the title came through in August. We have named it Old Forest.

The Mokihinui Preserve is close to Seddonville, a small settlement with a pub which is also the mail centre and has a wee store. Seddonville also has a holiday camp, a bowling club and a volunteer fire service. It has permanent population of around 69.

The Mokihinui River has trout and whitebait and is also popular with kayakers, the beach is just few kilometers away and the area is great for mountain biking and walks and tramps.

One of the many nikau on Old Forest