A bit of distance to get today with a total of 55km. It is 12km to Duntroon which is our first real stop of the day. We pass the Takiroa Māori Rock Art, and decide to come do it on our way to pick up the car. This is the worst weather day we have had. It is cold and a constant drizzle. When we reach Duntroon we have a spot of breakfast and then go and vote at the school.

From Duntroon we head to the Elephant Rocks. If you have been to Castle Hill this won’t impress you but it was a nice ride through part of it. There is a spot to see a whale fossil and that is also an area from a scene in Narnia.

The climb today felt hard, I just think my muscles were sore because in reality it really wasn’t that bad. We meet two guys from Perth who were getting their gear taken from place to place which meant they were travelling light. I was happy to see they had push bikes not e-bikes. There was a fun down hill and another uphill to go.

Once we conquered the last hill we felt on top of the world. The views are spectacular.

From here it is going to be mostly downhill all the was to Elderslie. We have a cool old rail tunnel to go through. We have definitely left the really scenic part behind now and have a lot of farms ahead!

Pete and Bev have the trail go right through their property. The old original manor has long gone but the stables and such are left behind. Pete gave us a tour around some of the area. Chatting about the history. Tonight we are staying here in the old stable house. Rowan and I are up where the stable boys would sleep.