A spot of tramping and time in the bush was long overdue; so this morning we got up early and an hour's drive later were at the Karekare car park ready.
There was a strong westerly of 45 knots blowing in straight of the Tasman Sea so we decided against a beach walk and chose a track we had not done before.
Comans track starts at the end of Watchmans road; of off which we were surprised to find a couple of houses (or very fancy baches).
The track hugs the cliff edge for the most part offering spectacular views of Karekare beach all the way down to Whatipu.
Once around the headland, the views change to Mercer Bay.
Both feeling our ailments we decided against tagging the Mercer Bay Loop Walk on and instead returned via the Ahu Ahu Track. After his majesty of the Conman this was quite disappointing - wide easy path through bush that sloped back down to the car park.
Next time out we'll do the loop and come back down Comans - or as we have mistakenly been calling it The Conman's track.
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