Day 103 | Middy Creek Hut
24 January 2023 | 22°C | 24km
It’s about almost 11am when Mary drops us off at the cat park at the start of the Hackett Track, the “right” car park :)
We wanted to be ready to go at 9am (about 30mins drive from Richmond to the car park) but the bed was too cosy and the wine the evening before too good. I’d an easy walk though and halfway back to Hackett we get to a junction that shows us to g directly walk to Browning, the next hut going northbound.
Two learnings there:
- Eva who I hiked with the first week on the north island has been coming through here 2 days earlier and also went to Nelson! Seems like we missed each other. Shit! Was looking very much forward to seeing her again.
- A hunter who also had a break at the hut offers us some venison he brought from home. While I decline, Phil is happy about the “meat add on” to his sandwich and tells him that we saw quite a few dear the other night. The hunter get excited. Luckily, we died not very a rifle but I guess he is coming next back one day. Oh no! Just took some venison to reveal this piece of information. 🫣 Rocks Hut looks nice and is totally empty once we get there. Very tempting to stay but it’s an easy stroll down to Middy Creek Hut and the Pelorus river. Two people already in the hut but lots of flat space for camping. Lovely place for swimming in the Pelorus river. Absolutely love it! Just the sandflies try to eat me alive once out of the water. 🤪
