Didn't think we'd get there today

To continue the trail from last night's camp, we needed to get to Marsden Point. That's about 500m across the harbour or 20km by road. We had it all teed up for a boat crossing until about 7pm we were informed that the skipper had to head to Auckland and the next crossing would be Saturday.
We were too tired to deal with it so went to bed.
Next morning we were sitting at the boat ramp to thumb a ride across when a van pulled up and some TA walkers jumped out. Long story short we bummed a ride to Marsden Point via Whangarei with another 4 TA walkers. Even got a resupply at Pak n save and a tour round the outside of the Hundertwasser museum.
Ended up doing a short day today, just 10km along the beach with a wade thru the Ruakaka river to finish. Staying at Ruakaka camping ground tonight. Showers, laundry, phone charging.
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