Once the ice creams were all gobbled up we headed north from Nelson to Cable Bay. Cable Bay is named after the communication cable that connected New Zealand to the rest of the world for many years. Cable Bay was originally named Schroeders Mistake. Then re-named Cable Bay when the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company laid the first Cable across the Tasman from La Perous near Sydney, arriving there on 21 Feb 1876. This connected New Zealand to the rest of the world.
A whole community developed around the Cable Station. In those early days there was no road in and people were often forced to wait on the tide before crossing the river and driving their horse and cart along the side of the estuary.
Nowadays the population is mostly made up of holiday makers. Lots of the houses are rented out as holiday accomadation however the farm land around the Bay has been farmed by the Stuart Family for many generations.
DOC have been working with the landowner and Tom has been involved recently putting in a new public toilet and increasing the signage around the reserve.
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