Mimiwhangata Bay

 We sailed back to the mainland from the Poor Knights Islands and anchored in Mimiwhangata Bay.  The forecast was for strong winds from the south / southeast for the next few days and Mimiwhangata looked like a good spot to anchor behind the point on the south side of the bay.  The map showed several hiking trails around the bay so the next morning we set out to walk around the southern point.

Our hike route and stats

The weather was threatening but held off for us.  The hike took us through pastoral fields, along ocean beaches, up steep forested slopes and down into rainforest micro climates.  It was a very enjoyable hike.

True North at anchor just above the tree at the left.

The hike started walking through farm pastures

The cows kept a close eye on us and kept their distance 

Note the huge ferns growing in the trees

Along the ocean beaches…

And then uphill through the pastures and eventually into the forest

And finally down into a rainforest micro-climate

With a very narrow trail back to the beach where we left the dinghy.