Awoke to dawn chorus as I have every day on the trip. Fell back to sleep soon after its conclusion, re-awakening some hours later to pack up the tent.
Walked part of the Abel Tasman. It took 1.5 hours to walk to Appletree Bay where we swam and lay in the sun for another 1.5 hours. Hiking out, we picked up people’s trash.
Have seen the following wildlife so far:
- Starfish—low tide in Marahau
- Crabs—same, and on Abel Tasman
- Eels—two of them as the tide came in, wetlands, Marahau
- Pukeko—Marahau, little Kaiteriteri
Spent some more time on little Kaiteriteri before meeting up with Katrina.
To get to Katrina’s island, we had to load up kayaks with groceries and row to Jackett island off the coast of Motueka.
The evening played out like a melodrama, or some dark comedy that I wish I had the wherewithal to write. Maybe soon.
Relieved that we have no place to go for the next three days. Isolated on this giant sandbar, the North Island on the horizon, I have to focus very hard to believe there is a world other than than the sand under my legs and the sea everywhere else.
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