The swing bridge crossing the Buller Gorge near the town of Murchison in New Zealand. The bridge walk is a ‘must do’ if passing on the road to Westport. Walking on this swing bridge seems easy and to a certain extent it is, until you have to pass people coming from the other direction. The bridge itself is some 20m above the raging Buller River and it seems to go on forever (in fact some 110m in length). It is fairly stable despite its length, but we crossed it on a quiet time when there were only a few people about - so not sharing the bridge with as less people as possible helped cope with the stress of the exercise.
Let me start by introducing myself. I'm Frank from the Netherlands, currently sixty-eight years old and retired for over a decade already. This gives me plenty of time to spend on one of the most fascinating hobbies I have, photography. It combines really well with travelling, another.. Read more…