March 19 Truman Track (Day 174)
Another beautiful day for a walk. We were headed to the Pororari River Track, which we have been on twice already, when we passed the Truman Track. We’ve passed it many times and the small parking area is usually full. There was one parking spot available and we’d better do this track now, before we leave! It’s a short 15 minute walk through a grove of native forest to the coast and a small beach. Along the track there are placards with information about the trees and bush.
After walking from the forest then through a flax field, the view widened to encompass the ocean from the pancake rocks south to a small bay on the north.
We climbed down the stairway to the beach, past signs warning that “Due to extreme tidal currents & rips it is advised not to swim at river mouths & beaches along this coast”! It being near low tide we took the risk to walk on the pebbly beach and explore the water-carved sandstone caves.
And a crab claw we found with a perfect articulating hinge!