this track than the other.  Even though the beach was gorgeous, my only complaint was that there was not many lookout points to stop and take pictures.  we wrre in the rainforest and undercover for most of the walk.  one part of the track that opens up onto the beach was Torrent Bay.  We sat here for 30 mins to eat our lunch.  Torrent Bay has an inter4esting history.  The Abel Tasman became a national park in 1942.  before that, it was open land that the government owned.  the government surveyed the land and didnt think it had much worth so it sold off some property for dirt cheap money.  locals bought the land and built houses on it.  there are only approx 20 houses on this beach.  when the government turned the Abel Tasman into a national park, they stopped all building rights so no more homes could be built. Today, the smallest house on that beach, probably a 1 BR hut, it worth over $1 million dollars.  Now, there are even bigger homes on this beach so i could not imagine what they would be worth today! Can you imagine...builing a house 60 years ago for little to no money and finding out that your home today is worth $1 million +...that is crazy!!  there are obviously no roads and no supermarkets here so any one that does live on this island has to take a boat ride into the local town to get groceries.  however, most of