Whatipu
Time to add something, it's a bit quiet here!
Yesterday, I decided to climb Omanawanui the hard way, from Whatipu. The route involves climbing Clay hill (marked C) before descending to the saddle, then up Omanawanui (marked O) to make a total ascent of 1000ft. Could have done without the extra climb of 230ft back up over Clay Hill on the return!
There were too many people on the track to go in the buff, so it was off to the beach, where I gathered a few sticks and threw up the sculpture shown - just kidding 😁
While there was a strong easterly blowing it was remarkably warm and I had the beach to myself, so no need to get dressed until almost back at the beach access track.
Great day, just lacking company.







Hi Richard, Im going out tomorrow for a hike and beach walk if you would like to come?