A short day

Today we had a small walk of 4km to Tutukaka. The trail from Ngunguru is a bit pointless road walking. So we thought let’s head along the coast more. This also gave us a lot of time to prepare for the next 10 days or so ahead. As we were leaving Ngunguru we passed their local pataka kai (community pantry) and found lots of goodies, including a few freeze dried items. There was also some great apples that we ate straight away. There was loads of food in there and a couple of local people work for food companies who put it all in for the community. Definitely a great spot. Up the top of the hill we took our time looking at the views and all the way back to the Whangarei Heads.

When we arrived in Tutukaka we went straight to the holiday park. We got a site and set up camp. I got distracted by these little cuties.

Once unpacked we had a chance to take stock of our food and make a shopping list. Which we then filled at the local dairy. We took a walk down to the marina about 2pm looking for a late lunch but nothing was open so we headed back to camp and ate there. Later we headed back down the marina to get an early dinner. While at dinner a large stingray came along. I missed getting a photo as there were too many beady eyed birds eyeing up my dinner.

We got back to the campsite and the fire is roaring in the kitchen/tv room. We poured a glass of wine and now get to enjoy our books.