Dome Tearooms - pine forest - farmland - pine forest - Moir Hill - Dunns Ridge - Puhoi village. 26.5 km - 5.75 hours
Leaving into a shower or two (first rain since before Kerikeri) up a minor road soon leaving the sound of a busy SH1 behind me. Then along forest roads, with a short connecting foot track, down into Streamlands, then more minor roads and farm paddocks to the start of the walk into the pine plantation leading to Moir Hill.
Forest roads then wound there way steadily uphill until the cellphone tower on Moir Hill was reached. Fried there for a while before heading down a minor forest track, cr
ossing a minor road, through a new subdivision and onto Dunns Ridge Track. This took me down through open bush, before reaching an open ridge down through a farm to the quiet roads that then led me to the village of Puhoi.The next section of Te Araroa is via canoe down the river to Wenderholm - I had done that with the family in January (picture) - just as well, since on checking, Puhoi Canoes had other plans for tomorrow, so tomorrow I will be starting from Wenderholm
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