![]() Half way between Torrent Bay and Bark Bay is a cute little Halfway Pool, fully sign-posted by DOC. To get to Onetahuti Bay from Torrent Bay, Bark Bay would be about half way. When we crossed half an hour ago, we had to cross a couple of rivers. We passed a boy coming from that direction, and so we stupidly put the decision to him: "Do you think we can make it?" As we were running late, from swimming and drying, we assumed we were already cutting it a bit close to catch low tide for the crossing. We got to the fork in the track, where we could either take the 30 minute tidal crossing at sea level or the 2 hour track around the inlet up and down the hills. Then we'd have plenty of time to drop our heavy packs, enjoy the day walks in the area, and explore Cleopatra's Pool. The tidal crossing from Anchorage to Torrent Bay should only have taken 30 minutes max. Ian tried to chase it through the bush, but emerged from the brambles very scratched up. We were in and out of the tent for various reasons, and a sneaky weka took advantage of the open tent when neither of us were looking. Would make a great name for a band but, alas, we are not that cool. We learnt a lot about guy ropes, and how best to optimise them.Ī weka stole our bhuja mix. I was genuinely terrified that we'd be blown away. The tent shook so hard as torrential rain and gale force winds battered us non-stop throughout the night and early hours of the morning. Once we arrived at Te Pukatea, we pitched up our tent and took a short stroll up to the Pitt Head Lookout, because why not.Ĭooking was wet. Flushing toilets here felt like a luxury at the time, but little did we know that we'd encounter more of them as we progressed up the track. We poured ourselves a hot coffee from the thermos, had a quick snack, and made use of the filtered water at Anchorage before setting off again on foot. And we still needed to get to Te Pukatea Bay. Everything already felt a bit wet at this point. But we eventually made it to Anchorage, pulled our kayak up onto the racks, and collected our packs from the DOC hut. At times, it felt like we made little to no progress battling against the wind and the waves. (Water taxis don't go further north past Tōtaranui, hence why on Day 6 we needed to loop back around if we wanted to "complete" the Great Walk past Wainui.) The kayak company arranged our shuttle buses between Nelson and Marahau, as well as the water taxi to pick us up at the end. I would have loved to have stayed at Anapai Bay, but it was already booked solid for the Christmas period! Even by October, there were so many campsites fully booked on certain nights. The earlier you can book your campsites, the better. This was largely based off of availability of campsites, distances between each other, and doing some "research" on Google Images to get a glimpse into the more attractive looking campsites. Day 7 (Optional): Taking another crack at this whole sea kayaking thing.Day 6: Mutton Cove - Tōtaranui (via Gibbs Hill).
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