Woke up at 6am just as the rain was starting. I nudged Luke and asked him if he wanted to get up before the tent got wet... we woke up again at 7am with a wet tent. (Outside, not in- waterproof repair tape seems to be working).
We had rain all day so no glorious views but we did get a few valuable glimpses of the sound that I won't forget.
There were a few climbs up and down along the way but we walked the track really quickly and wound up in Anakiwa way quicker ham we expected. We had a coffee from the Green caravan cafe before finishing the remaining 5km walk beside the seafront to get to our camp site for the evening.
I hadn't expected much from the camp site but when we arrived, we walked into a big farm surrounded completely by hills covered in pine forest. The sun had finally decided to come out so everything looked even better but we decided to opt for the cabin option anyway - it wasn't expensive and we still had kit to dry out so it was excusable!
When we checked in, we were given a basket of fresh out-of-the-oven banana muffins which were delicious! They also gave us some feed for the sheep and goats, and a map to their very own bush walk that led to a waterfall and glow worms!
We spent the afternoon just relaxing before heading for the waterfall around 9.15pm as the sun was going down.
It was a lovely little walk at dusk but once the sun had completely gone, the walk back to the campsite was even better! The pathway was just lined with these star-like spots of light. Under every crevice their were strings of web that hung down from the rock and a bright blue light that attracted the bugs- if you turned your torch off and looked at the rock with no other light, it looked just like the nights sky- absolutely bonkers! Who'd have thought I'd love a worm so much... and even more so for not paying to go and see them like we'd planned but seeing them for free with no queues or guides telling us where to look. Lovely evening and lovely camp site!
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