Ended up sleeping okay in the hut, it felt quite big and also quite dirty. The toiled is a composting one which is good. We headed down the track to the rocky beach and it was definitely longer than the other track. We found the spring and filled up our water bottles. On the beach it was really nice lots of nice spots to relax. Rowan and I eyed up few campsites for the tent. We are booked another night in the hut but decide to grab our gear and tent and stay down here. I found some agates in amongst the stones, so we start fossicking the beach. Rowan is waiting for the tides to jump in and do some swimming. Finally in the afternoon he gets in and finds some kina. Unfortunately it was too hard to find any crayfish. About 10 kina filled the bag he had. For dinner we had pasta with the kina in it. It was really nice, not too fishy, nutty and buttery. Our muscles are tired and my blisters need a bit of time so we decide we will spend another day at Peach Cove. We watched the sun set on a beautiful day.

My phone was dead, didn’t bother charging it as I wanted to save our battery pack for the books. Second day was spent similar to the first, lots of reading and enjoying the location. I got up at 6am and watched the sunrise. A very important part of this trip which I forgot to put in at first. The kiwis! You can hear the noisy buggers all night, it is amazing. Apparently there were 80 now the population has grown to over 1100. That is 20 years of trapping and no dogs in the area. Pretty cool to experience.