18km Day : 397km Total

The day started with completing the walk of Ocean Beach,

but it was dominated by the walk of Bream Head Track.  Imagine spending 5 hours at the gym on a stairmaster machine, then throw in amazing coastal views and it pretty much describes the experience of walking this track.

It was up and down steep tracks and built-in stairs all day.

At around 3pm I finished the track and emerged at Urquharts Bay.

The next task was to find a boater who would be willing to give me a ride across the harbour to Marsden Point. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and there were a lot of families around taking advantage of the great weather, but there were few boaters at this bay.   I continued around to Taurikura Bay where I met a kayaker who said he would have been happy to give me a ride across on his kayak earlier in the day, but now he had to go home.  He recommended catching a ride with a refinery worker at Reotahi Bay on Monday morning.  There are workers at the Marsden Refinery who live on this side of the harbour, and commute to work in their boats.

There is a Marine Reserve (Park) adjacent to the boat ramp, so near dark I found a reasonable spot to put up my tent for the night. The bad news for the day is that the face of my tablet computer has cracked.  I am writing the first draft of this post with pen and paper.