Rowan woke feeling a bit better but still a bit blah. We worked out that Geoff could drop us into Otaki as far up as he could get and we would walk south for a couple of days prior to the cyclone. I cleaned the bathroom and changed the sheets and general cleaning until Geoff could take us in. It is roughly 4km walk to the original carpark that you used to be able to drive to. Years ago there was a major slip and they haven’t fixed it yet and I am not sure they will. As there are houses on the otherside the locals have made it really easy to get pass the slip. Lovely Shane & Lisa called us to check we knew about the incoming cyclone and that we will be somewhere safe.

We made it into Otaki Forks by 4.30pm. Our plan was to walk another 2km to the campsite but it is closed. Over the swing bridge there is a hut but there are people in it and I am sure you will get eaten by sandflies. So we pitched our tent on the otherside. After some spaghetti we had a swim. The water was really nice we eneded up playing in there a long time.