Rain, Roads and no Fishermen

Rain, Roads and no Fishermen

CookieWe set the alarm for the first time today, at 5am so we could be off at sunrise to catch the morning fishermen! We need to hitch a ride off someone with a boat over the estuary to Marsden Point (there isn’t a ferry and it’s a hell-of-a long way round by land). I was amazed I managed to get Nicky out of bed, but wasn’t amazed with the weather we woke up to – low cloud and drizzly rain.. We decided to forego the rest of the ridge walk which Kim (who was going the other way to us) informed us was steep & slippy, so we headed down the Peach Cove Track back to Ocean Beach and continued to Whangarei Heads on the road.

Turned out to be a good choice as we made great time and found our way to Little Munro Bay by about 9am (where we were told the local fishermen might be launching their boats from). Sadly it looked like the poor weather had put them off, only 2 boats launched, neither were prepared to give us a ride, even with cash offered..

Hahei Rain Rain Rain

Hahei Rain Rain Rain

Jude and Mini Matterhorn

Mini Matterhorn

Wet Wet Wet

Wet Grass

Stealth Camp

Stealth Camp

Big River (we keep crossing)

Brown Water

Drying Off in Waitawheta Hut

Nicky at Waitawheta Hut

Soggy footed we clamber on

Nicky Crossing Mossy Stream

Triple Waterfall

Triple Waterfall

More Mud Holes

More Mud Holes