At 7:30 Ben the holiday park owner gave me a ride for 3 km to the
railway bridge, where I have finished yesterday, and started to walk there
today. This bridge looked very old and unsafe, and was a vintage bridge
actually: pillar was build in 1877, and a bridge girder was replaced in 1962.
The first 3km I was walking on a prom along the river, and on State Highway 4 and State Highway 3 rest
of the day. Last 9km of the trail was running on a country road nearby, but
was a sealed road all
the way. On my way, found part of the farmland was coloured in pink - a local
person told me it was a Pink Ragwort. A new thing to learn today as I only knew
Yellow Ragwort. At 15:30 arrived at Koitiata campsite as planned. It was a
small and simple one, but there were hot water in the kitchen, hot water shower
and a washing machine there. Costed me $6/night - cheap! (additional $2 applied
for taking shower.) There were only 5 people including me, so had a peaceful
night. Walked 33km today.
7:30にホリデーバーク・オーナーのベンに、昨日通ってきた3km先の鉄道橋まで送ってもらい、そこから歩き始める。この橋は見た目とても古ぼけていて危うく見える。橋脚は何と1877年に設置されたもので、橋桁も1962年に架け替えられたという年代物だ。初めの3kmは川沿いの遊歩道、そしてその後は国道4号、3号とずっと舗装された道を歩き続ける。最後の9kmは脇の田舎道に逸れたが、結局最後までずっと舗装道路だった。途中、牧場の一部が一面ピンク色に染まっている場所があり、地元に人に尋ねたらモモイロサワギクだという。今まで黄色のサワギクしか知らなかったので新鮮に感じた。15:30頃予定していたコイティアタ・キャンプ場到着。小さく、基本設備だけの質素なキャンプ場だが、キッチンの蛇口からはお湯も出るし、温水シャワーや洗濯機もあり、たったの$6は安い（シャワーは別途$2必要）。利用者は自分を入れ5人のみで、静かな夜。本日の歩行33km。
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