Ben Etherington
North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Whangarei ▷
Did this track yesterday (29/06) which was middle of winter but the forecast was sunny and slightly windy.
Apart from one instance where a landslide had occurred, the track was fairly well maintained but I’d definitely recommend hiking pole(s)!
Only saw maybe 10 other people ok the trail going the opposite way towards Ocean Beach. I started there and circled back on the road. I completed the 13.8km loop just shy of 5 hours with around 45 mins of breaks :)