Tramping (Hiking) in New Zealand #24: Kayak camping in Abel Tasman National Park Day1 no.2

Kayaking Day1: Marahau to Mosquito Bay campground in Abel Tasman National Park

Type: Out and back 

Time Spent: 6 hours

Day2 Distance:5-7 km (3-4 miles)

Elevation change: on the sea!

We finally started kayaking. Immediately after we started kayaking on the sea, we felt sea sick for a moment and got okay and had again and became okay: meaning waves were so high. Winds made the waves really rough. Indeed the first day of kayaking, going out for the Adele Island was prohibited due to high winds. Adele Island is a big island a mile from Marahau and there are some seals.

The ocean was really rough, so we decided to take a break on the nearby beach, Appletree bay. I got concerned. 

I thought,  "If the first 30 minutes is such rough, what about the next 3 miles including "The Mad Mile"?" 

"The Mad Mile" is the roughest part on the way to the Mosquito Bay campground. 

We ate lunch and snack on the bay. I saw many kayakers passed by towards Mad Mile and came from Mad Mile. So I thought that it might be doable. After an hour break, we started kayaking again. Actually the Mad Mile was much calmer than the first rough part, which was surprising.

Some portion of the sea was nice green. I don't have pictures of the rough part, but I have pictures of calm part (don't misunderstand :)

Pretty sea

Then we saw a penguin and 2 seals on the way to the Mosquito Bay. We arrived at Mosquito Bay around 4 p.m. When we arrived there the tide was low. However, the tide would be high during night, so we had to drag a kayak to the point where the tide doesn't come. The kayak is very sturdy and heavy. It was a lot of work to drag. Then 3-4 guys came to us and said, "Need hands?"
Then helped us dragging. Wow. Very nice of them! Throughout the entire New Zealand trip, we saw many many nice New Zealand people. I love them. 

At the Bay some were motorboat, some were kayakers. We pitched a tent on the beach. The next tent was an old New Zealand couple who were really friendly. They had a big inflatable tent. Inflatable part is for resistance to the winds. They said, "We get a lot of winds in New Zealand."

We settled down and I went to the toilet and came out and saw Mr.N running very fast. Actually he was sprinting to the campsite.
I wondered, "What is he doing? He got crazy?"

Weka

He ran, because a bird, Weka, stole our bag of bread and walked away. So he chased the bird and got it back. Luckily (for us), Weka can't fly and can't walk fast, we were able to get our bread back. The bread bag had more than 10 rolls. The weka was greedy!
I wanted to reprimand Weka, but Weka is vulnerable (population decreasing) species in New Zealand, so I couldn't do that. 

Beach

In the evening we walked around beach. There were many mussels on the rock. It was cool. Since the area is Marine Reserve area, it is not allowed to get marine life. 

The beach is toward east, which means sunrise would be nice. To see sunrise we went to bed early.