Legs and Borders

Second day on Queen Charlotte Track winding its way around a plethora of bays, heading towards Havelock. Weather was perfect, trail well maintained and quite busy. Many section hikers were using their Christmas break to hike this 80 kilometre scenic path. There's not much to be said about today which is a good thing. When I woke up the shag sleeping in a branch above the tent was still there, cleaning it's feathers. Trail didn't have any difficult sections so I managed to cover a long distance. The goofy birds I encountered yesterday were still present and tried to steal various things from me. I know now that they are called wekas, here's a short info about them: I ended the day on a pretty campsite at Davies Bay which allowed hikers to camp by the beach. Tomorrow will be the resupply day at Havelock, the trail is heading towards Richmond Ranges next. Weather looks like a mixed bag but it will hopefully get be...

"If you want to run cool, you have to run on a heavy, heavy fuel." Mark Knopfler Day of the jump from the North to South Island. I've woke up at 3 in the morning to catch 6am ferry to Pickton, I got to the port just as Interislander's departures opened up. The travel between the islands took 3.5 hours. I had a 'full cooked breakfast' on board, which was basically English breakfast without baked beans. We docked in Pickton with short delay at about 10am. I collected the backpack and went to find my next ferry operator, E-Ko Tours. E-Ko wasn't leaving until 1:30pm but in the email they asked to come and check if the drop off is happening as sometimes they would cancel it if there wasn't enough people. This cruise was going ahead. I sat down in El Cafe by the beach, ordered a coffee and what seemed to be the worst bacon and cheese toastie I have ever had, I ate it but it didn't make me feel any less hungry. Boat left the port on time, it w...