13 km – 5.25 hours This track alternates between open farmland and patches of bush – and as promised a few significant up and down sections that were fairly steep. Reasonably slow going, but being careful I did not deviate from the marked route too much after the first valley. The second patch of bush [...]

Nice track that suddenly disapeared. A check of the gps said I was on track, so long pants and gloves to force my way through on hands and knees at times. Still lots of cuts despite the protective clothing. As I was still walking after dusk, I got picked up by a nice Maori farm [...]