Thursday 11th March From Matakana township up the valley and then up the hill soon joining the track through the Waiwhiu valley and up again to the Dome summit, then down to the Dome tearooms on SH1 just north of Warkworth – 21.6 km – 5.5 hours One day the Matakana dogleg of busy roads [...]

Monday 8th March Reotahi Bay, then Marsden Point to near Waipu Cove – 32.8 km – 50 mins plus 5.75 hours A split day – first an early morning walk from the motel, down to Little Munro Bay, then around the point to Reotahi Bay, with the ever present Marsden Point oil refinery just across [...]

Roland’s Long Walk – Along the East coast to Waipu Day 9: Along the East Coast A nice day walking along the East Coast with some of the best track I’ve had yet. Too bad I waited so long to find a camp and ended up holed up in a rough bush patch. Day 10: [...]