I woke early to watch the sunrise. It was quite and peaceful for a while. It didn’t last long, the camp is pretty busy but not full. It can accommodate up to 850 sites!

We headed off to Takaka for some kai. On our way out we saw a farmer and his amazing view! Rowan stopped the car to take a photo and he realised what we were doing and posed lol.

We end up at the same cafe for lunch. It is a Saturday so the place is packed. We order only from the cabinet this time to save waiting for the kitchen. We planned to get a frozen berry yoghurt thing on the way out but they are short staffed, so it won’t serve till 2pm. Oh well! The local market is on so we head over for a look. The area is definitely getting more and more expensive. The local Fresh Choice is small yet has $115 bottles of Bolinger in the fridge.

Back over the Takaka Hill, we head to get petrol and frozen yoghurt before heading to Mārahau. This time we will stay somewhere that is not the barn smelly place. We got to Macdonald and realised tonight they are hosting Salmonella Dub. We decide not to camp there in the noise and head to the final option close to the beach. The place is dated but well maintained. We get one of the last sites. We order Fat Tui again but ask for a specific time of 6pm. We are all set up at camp then we head to the beach to read our books. I don’t end up reading. Instead, I talk to Eddy in Indonesia and he shows me the progress of the cafe.

Off for dinner we arrive and they say Hello Kate, the guy remembers my name haha. Our food is waiting for us. Yum, it is much better than last time. You can tell the rush is not here this time. After dinner we head back for showers and listen to Salmonella Dub from our camp. It is good, I can only just hear it so it is easy to sleep. I have seen them live before and felt no need to see them again. It was sold out anyway!