Woken up by 2 hen visit to my tent as camping in the paddock. They were very friendly girls. The owner of the farm was not there in the
house, so left a thank-you note before leaving at 7:30.
At the entrance of the
track, there was a temporary track closure notice due to felling. Holy molly!!
Didn't know that!! Rang the number on the sign board in hurry. Person on the
phone told me to walk back to the dairy and ask for a detour route. I explained
I was on a sole trip on TA - then he discussed with
the site manager and gave me a special permission to carry on. Terrible noise
at the felling site and men at work said they started at 6:30. There were kiwi
calls in the forest around last night... wonder if there were any impacts on
kiwi habitats.
Passed felling area, and carried on... saw Tane Moana, a giant
Kauri tree along the track and trip went on smoothly. Met local old couple Paul
and Julie on a way. They said Ngunguru river ahead can only be crossed by a
boat. Got into a panic because I was going to walk across the river.
Arrived
Ngunguru township having no ideas about how to sort it out. A guy Matt spoke to
me seeing my large backpack. When I explained him the situation, he said he
could get me across the river with his mate's dinghy. While Matt went to his
mate's place to borrow the dinghy, had lunch and did shopping in town. Matt
came back with his mate and dinghy! Started rowing at low tide time at 13:00
and took 30 mins to go across. Looking a bit roguish, they were really nice
guys - so happy and warm hearted. After the crossing, trip went on smoothly
again. Camped along the river. Walked 24km including 1km boat trip today.
トレイルの入り口に「木材伐採作業のため道は臨時閉鎖」とあり唖然。聞いてないよ！慌てて掲示板にあった電話番号に電話。最初は「町へ戻り商店の人にでも迂回路を訪ねてくれ」と言われたが、自分が一人でTAを歩いていることを説明すると、現場の責任者と相談してくれ、自分だけ特別に通してもらえることになり事なきを得た。現場はすごい騒音で6:30から作業を始めたとか。昨夜も周囲の森でキーウィが鳴いていたが影響はないのだろうか。
その後は沿道にあったカウリの巨木タネ・モアナを見学したり順調に進んだが、途中で出会った地元の老夫婦ボールとジュリーから、此の先のナングル川は船でないと渡れないと言われ、渡渉するつもりだったのでまた慌てる羽目に。
どうしようか思案しながらナングルの町へ着くと、自分の大荷物を見た地元の青年が声をかけてきて、事情を聴いて何と友人の手漕ぎボートで対岸へ渡してくれると申し出てくれた。彼が友人の所に交渉に行っている間に、町で買い物と食事を済ませ待っていた。間もなく彼、マットが友人と現れ、1時の干潮時に合わせて漕ぎ出し、30分ほどかかって渡してくれた。ちょっとやんちゃそうな見かけによらず、心の温かいとても楽しいナイスガイ達だった。その後は順調に工程を進み、適当な川のそばでキャンプ地を見つけ野宿した。本日の歩行24km（1km弱のボート含む）
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