This is a beautiful piece of coastline with dramatic cliffs, lots
of birdlife, good fishing, deserted pebble beaches, and a few caves
and archways you can paddle through. I've encountered dolphins out
there and its a great area for diving too!
Park at the following co-ordinates:
S 41 09.476
E 173 25.076
There are two options for getting to cache site from the parking
co-ordinates.
*Option 1: The quickest route is to launch on the seaward side
of the landbridge and hug the coast to the cache site. It takes me
about 30-40 minutes to paddle there (your mileage may vary).
*Option 2: If you have about 3 hours to spare, and you leave on
or soon after high tide you can launch on the esturary side of the
land bridge and paddle around the whole island (anti-clockwise).
The cache site is about three quarters of the way around. This is
the highly recomended option.
Of course please check weather and maps before leaving, tell
someone where your going, and take all normal precautions.
Once you are on the right beach the cache is a hop, skip and a
jump away. Please be careful of plant life; if you're climbing
around on tussock you've gone to far. Your feet shouldn't need to
leave rock. Cache is a camo 400ml sistema container with a log book
and a few swapable trinkets. I hope the co-ordinates will be
accurate enough but use the hints if you get stuck!
There is a local kayak hire/guide business in the area. Safe
paddling!
