• Official km: 23km bypass
• Garmin km: 23.08km
• Total time: 5.35
• Calories burned: 2426
• Body battery: 9/10, awesome sleep.
• Accommodations: motel unit at Whananaki holiday park.
• Tent nights = 5 so far

Today I naturally woke up at 5.30am as it gets pretty light in the tent. After packing, breakfast & digging a hole for my toilet (rough camping) I was good to leave by 7.30am. Kevin left just before 7am & was one of the 1st to leave.

I went up to where Nici camped last night & waited a few minutes for her as she was tending to Gemma’s foot (nurse Nici is always helpful with everyone’s foot dramas) we were off around 7.45 & started with a straight up before meeting the farm track.

We bumped into the farmer along the track & thanked him for his generosity of the camp site & refilling the water container. He said it’s been filled 3 times this season & as it’s nearly empty again he should only need to refill it one last time.

After leaving the farm we turned right onto Kaiikanui road where we walked for about 8km on gravel road, it wasn’t long before Jason caught up to us followed by Florian & Joren (I am no good with spelling their names!)

After about 10km we turned left onto Whananaki north road & from this point we had about 10km of tar seal road to walk. It wasn’t until 14km of walking that we stopped for a break which was Nici, myself, Jason & Joren. Not long after Marko caught up to join us.

This was our first & last break today & about 6km before our destination we found Broken asleep on the side of the road. He then joined us for the last leg.

We got to Whananaki holiday park just after 1pm & went straight to the shop for takeaways, a coke & a bottle of cold water!

After a shower & washing, we went for a swim in the pool! So good! The afternoon was spent just hanging out with the crew, enjoying a beer that Broken bought for us all.

Tomorrow we have a 25km day to Nikau retreat, the last stretch will be a boat ride across the estuary. Hopefully with not too much rain.