Waiohine Gorge

We planned to go stay for 2 nights at the campground in the Waiohine Gorge. This is accessible via a winding, steep gravel road with fords, it sounded interesting. I have never driven a vehicle on such a rough road since I had a Land-rover. The van made it no problem, we were a little shaken about. There were a few vehicles at the end of the road at the campsite, but no-one arround! It reminded us of the film "The Wrong Turn" were the "family" at the end if the road lived off the people who took the wrong turn.
It rained incessantly. We had lunch, took a look at the suspenson bridge and decided to get back to civilisation. 

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