Day 5: (Wed 10/03/04) -- Spare Day
We took this as our spare day as it was wet, but the rain never really let up so we didn't even get up to the "beautiful" Lake Roe. Shared the hut with a couple from West Virginia.

During a break in the rain I took a movie outside the hut. If you can play Quick Time (mov) movies, just "Right Click" the DSCN5788.mov thumbnail to the left, then "Save Target as...".

Day 6: (Thurs 11/03/04) -- Lake Roe Hut to Halfway Hut 5 hours
Most of the team were off in a hurry, keen to partake of the mud and damp forest of Hauroko Burn, but John S. and I actually noticed the beauty and magesty of Lake Laffy and surrounding hills, now partially visable. We took a moment to record it.

Once in the bush there is a steep drop to the Hauroko Burn top forks. What would normally be small streams were raging torrents, luckily all crossings now have three-wire bridges.