10km Day : 637 km Total
21 January 2015
-41.36715, 173.354914

Captains Creek Hut

We laid in our bunks late this morning and officially ended our sloth when Joerg got out of bed to catch the mouse that was scurrying around the hut all night.  He imprisoned it in a cook pot. 

We Didn't Cook Him

We eventually let it free in the forest because none of us had the heart to kill it.  We had a short day of hiking planned and didn’t get started until 9:15.  There were several groups of hikers coming from the other direction who had stayed at Middys last night.  Mostly school kids on a supervised excursion.

We reached Middys Creek Hut at 11am and took a break there and signed the visitors log.  The sand flies at Middy’s was even worse than at Captains.  Then after crossing a couple of swing bridges we started to climb toward Rocks Hut. 

Since I am not yet fully back to hiking fitness after my 6 week break I struggled with this section of track that rose 600m over 4km distance.

Rocks Hut could almost be called a lodge with 18 bunks and a large common area.  It even has the luxury of two flush toilets. The 4 of us have it to ourselves.