The man running the local branch of the Department of Conservation tells me that the track can be done in a day. It is about forty kilometers long and will get me to where I start. I am highly motivated to be back before darkness falls and traps me in the wilderness or one of the two huts along the way. With the first light I am on my way.

I pass a bay …

… and enter the track.

The morning light filters through the leaves.

The track turns inland …

… into darker forest.

The path …

… winds its way through the wilderness.

Others have come this way.

I keep going  …

… over tricky ground …

… until the foliage opens …

… and I reach the sea.

With the setting sun …

… I am back again.