Day 23 | Stillwater Motor Camp
4 November 2022 | 21°C | 32km
“If you want to do the coastal walk today, do you need to be at the bridge half an hour before low tide” says Headlights the previous evening, while we are all having dinner at the Puhoi Pub.
Next day at 9:00 AM Steve, Phil & I are still having coffee and chat with our Airbnb hosts on the lovely terrace although we should have left by then already. However, Jan and Marleen, who have done this walk many times before assure us that we could easily still do it as we have a four hour time window.
I have also opted out from the kayaking, as this would have meant getting up at 5:30 in the morning to be able to go out with high tide. Hence another roadwalk. A bit tricky this time as we have to walk a couple of kilometers on State Highway 1 with cars passing by pretty quickly and road works in the section. The latter should turn out to our favor though as we can walk on a newly built lane that is still blocked for traffic. Furthermore, cars have to drive slowly which makes crossing the highway at one point a breeze.
We easily manage the coastal walk and head into Orewa, one of the many coastal towns. From here on, it will be walking mostly through city area until Auckland. I take the chance to stop at a shopping center to get new headphones as I expect to be a boring walk.
It’s a Saturday night and a few of us hang out at a party at the Stillwater boating club including fireworks.
Women’s rugby World Cup is on TV and the French almost beat NZ.