Abel Tasman - Onetahuti to Awaroa

This morning we walked to the Water Taxi depot where we climbed into the water taxi which was on a trailer. A tractor pulled us to the boat launch. It was raining pretty hard. The tide was low so he drove us out 500+ metres onto the sand before he had enough water to launch the boat. We sat near the front so the half cover kept us mostly dry. We stopped at several beautiful beaches on the way out before we got to the one we had chosen to get dropped off at. This was Onetahuti Beach. To drop us off, the skipper turned the boat so the motor was facing the shore. About 50m off the beach he started to drop anchor & then backed up as far as the motor would allow. He then lowered a narrow ramp where we walked off. As we got off the boat the sun came out, & we enjoyed our walk through the forest, mostly, to the next beach, Awaroa. We swam & lounged until the taxi came to collect us. Another, great, 20000+ steps, 14km walk day!Read more