This morning, despite the rain, I headed out with a friend to do the Okura Bush Walkway just north of Auckland. By the time that we started the 3 hour return walk the rain stopped and gave way to first an overcast, then sunny day. The walk was a little tougher than I was expecting and I was glad I took my tramping boots and not trail runners as the rain had made parts of the track slightly muddy. We had lunch on the beach at Dacre Cottage before walking back.

Crossing the ditch took on a different meaning today:

After the following photo was taken I did jump in to cries of “euu now your all wet”

I got sick of being stuck indoors today coding, so I decided to go for a mid-afternoon walk out at Mercer Bay which is between Karekare and Piha. You cannot access the bay from land but the sheer sight of it from above is breathe taking. Karekare was also stunning today with so many people at the beach (even at 4pm) that I had to park about 500m up the road.