Day 156 Onetahuti Beach-Mutton Cove, New Zealand

Actually managed to get a reasonable nights sleep last night but was still up around 7am.
Today involved yet another long walk and we had to be on our toes as we had to cross 2 low tide crossings which would in fact save us a lot of time and walking distance. About 2 hours into the walk I was already feeling abit tired however things soon looked up when to our amazement we passed the Awaroa Lodge and I decided to get what I first thought was sausages and fried potatoes but turned out to be sausages, mashed potato, mushy peas and onion gravy quite possibly one of my favourite meals. I was also tempted to have a nice cold pint of lager but decided against it seeings as it would of dehydrated me later on. After the meal we couldn’t hang around to much longer because we had the 2 low tide crossings to make and a few people Dennis had met at the hostel in Nelson didn’t make them in time the previous day and were waist deep in water. Luckily for us though we got to both of them in time and then continued the pleasant walk to Mutton Cove which would be our last camp site before we went our separate ways with me continuing the walk onto Wanui Bay to catch the bus and Dennis making his way back along the track for 2 hours to get the nearest water taxi available.

Dennis a top guy and fantastic travel companion

Mutton Cove