Tag: Whakahoro

8. Whakahoro – Ohauora (WRJ 3)

Saturday, February 16: The valley and surrounds were covered in fog which soon lifted; a couple of clouds, otherwise hot & sunny, stronger easterlies

Kayaking: 25.8 km

Ohauora Campiste (Doc, $20)

It seemed like no one wanted to go to bed last night until I suggested closing the windows to the bunkroom, then we were all tucked in for what was going to be a cold night after all.

And no one seemed willing to get up until it was well & truly light after 7:00. I started boiling some water then taking some photos of the fog enshrouded environs. Within a while all were up and about, Geraint & Paulina were going to call it a day because of Geraint’s cold, Kikki and Julian wanted breakfast in the Blue Duck Café. When you think of it, $4 for a shower, $20 for the meal and whatever it was that breakfast cost, it was a fairly good deal. Read more…

7. Ohinepane – Whakahoro (WRJ 2)

Friday, February 15: Cloudy and a bit cooler to begin with, a brief, very light drop of rain, sunny & hot in the afternoon

Kayaking: 38.0 km

Whakahoro Bunkroom (Doc, $10)

It had gotten suddenly much cooler in the night, and my position on top of the sleeping bag had to be exchanged for under it; but not in it, not yet anyway. I was up after 6:00. Breakfast was an egg, 40&nsp;g of Kransky sausage (quite acceptable), 50 g of crackers and margarine, and one double coffee. Only thing I had forgotten was that the spoon I had measured the coffee & sugar into their containers with was not the same spoon that took out the quantities. Anyhow.

Tent was a bit wet, but other than that everything packed up just fine. A tip for cooling water: Have at least 0.5 L in the stronger water bottle & pour hot water into it. In that way the water temperature is immediately halved and can be transferred to the other bottle. I was ready to go by 8:30, this time with a backpack on board from the start. Read more…

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