Fri 18th and Sat 19th March

We travelled up the east side of Lake Taupo and then on to Putararu. After a 2 hour walk in and out on the Te Waihou walkway we parked up for the night at the Putararu Club. We had a meal in the hige complex with just 6 other patrons!! The Club is not doing so well on a Fri night. Rob popped $2 in a pokie machine as we were leaving....had no idea what he was doing but lights flashed and the machine began spinning itself..... ending up $56 richer so Lotteries also were not doing so well in Putararu!!

Sunday we drove off the beaten track to the Te Tapui Reserve and walked to the summit of Mt Maungakawa. It was a loop track quite steep up but better gradient down. We were chatting to other people at the top while having lunch and remembered to turn on the GPS and found one more cache. Couldn't convert the guys to 'followers' I don't think.