Short and sweet: Matata – Whakatane – Ohope

At only 23kms, today’s ride is our shortest to date. All thanks to Dawn for loading us in the car and dropping us north of Whakatane so that we could avoid the busy State Highway route around Tauranga.

Only one hefty hill to get out of Whakatane then dropping down into beautiful Ohope where we pitched up at the Top 10 campsite for the night (NZ$42). Our bbq dinner was thanks to Dawn & Adrian as we cooked up delicious beef sausages from their very own hand reared cattle. Dinner was only topped by a romantic walk on the 11kms of beach and watching the massive super moon rise.