25km Day : 525km Total
14 January 2015
-41.127954, 174.147356

This morning I caught an 8am water taxi from Picton to Ship Cove.  During the ride 3 dolphins followed for a short time alongside the boat.  After two other stops I was dropped off at 9:15.  Ship Cove is the place where Captain Cook first set foot on land after discovering New Zealand.  I stopped for about 5 or 10 minutes to check out the monument to Captain Cook before starting my way up the trail.

The Queen Charlotte Track is the most developed part of the Te Araroa trail I’ve walked so far.  The views were awesome when the trail offered views of the bays and coves.  As an experiment, I created a video that I hope gives an indication of what the trail and the views it offered were like.

Tonight I’m staying at the DoC campground at Camp Bay.  Getting  into the tent was almost like returning home.  Once inside, its comfortable and familiar with all or my gear arranged the same way around me, no matter where the tent is actually located.