Aragunnu Campground to Wapengo Rocks

4 km (1583 km) 2 hr

It was just a quickie this morning to finish off Stage 14 at Wapengo Lake. Started at Aragunnu Beach and headed north to fantastic Mimosa Rocks for a delicious sunrise from the southern side. Back to the two parts of Aragunnu - what a superb beach and an idyllic campground.

The area between Aragunnu and Picnic Beach is untracked, with the GreatSouthCoast FB page describing it as probably the most difficult of the entire southern walk. Not being a dab hand at gps bushbashing and with a bit of a time limit, I cheated and got a lift southwards to Picnic Beach to avoid the trackless area in between (it's 11km by road if you want to avoid the trackless bit). There is an update on the GreatSouthCoast FB page about a way through if you’re a total purist and I do hope to attempt it sometime soon.

Picnic Beach Campground is technically closed for repairs atm but I sneaked through for a quick explore - it's another superb campground and outstanding beach broken up by volcanic ledges. A glorious location that should be open again soon.

From Picnic Beach it was a short hop to Wapengo Rocks and its array of oyster farms on the northern side of the lake. Looked longingly across the water to where my next stage will begin.

Have loved every minute of this (and every other!) stage and there's many, many places that I will be returning to - especially the two little trackless bits I had to miss. It's such a majestic part of the coast for a surf, a swim, a paddle or (of course) a good long coastal walk.

Stage 15 in a few weeks’ time. Thanks for following along on my little adventure. Hope you all get out and about to some magical places this weekend...