It was a slow day and a slow start, not that it needed to be done fast. We took our time with only 8km to walk. The heat especially on the road has been really hard. I think we just need to get back into the rhythm of things and do our early starts to beat the heat. We got all packed up and ready to go, but first we need breakfst. We got a small amount of Museli from my cousins house and we already had powdered milk. Rowan poured the water into each cup and added the powder and we stirred our own cups. Once the water turned into milk he opened the museli, argh it is full of weavels! Well that is going into the bin I say. Rowan said he is still going to drink the milk. I take a sip “It tastes like playdough.” Rowan takes a sip “Yes, it definitely does.” We crack up laughing realising that it was flour not powdered milk. We are in fits of laughter we probably woke up any sleeping campers. Oh well a museli bar each will have to do. At the half way point we find some shade and eat some honey sandwhiches. We end up sitting there so long we get over taken by a French hiker who is going a lot further than us.
Not far from our destination and Rowan yells “I though you don’t get snakes in New Zealand?!”
We arrived at the reserve and was pleasantly surprised. We didn’t think it would be as nice as what it is. We are surrounded by farms and wasn’t expecting much of a bush. The birds are noisy and the bees are busy. There is a little open shelter with chairs to sit on and a kitchenette to use. It is all free but there is a donation box, so I will be sure to leave something. There are people visiting but no one else has come to stay. You can come in a tent or self contained vehicle. I fall asleep on the couch in no time.
As I am writting this on the picnic table a couple of duckles came along
We both gota bit dehydrated today as we were so exposed where we walked. Just had a solar shower, which was luke warm but better than cold! Dinner was butter chicken that we got from a Pataka Kai, not bad at all.
Kiwi Hobos 