TA Day 17, Peach Cove to Ruakaka – 17 km + 11 km
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It’s 76 flights of stairs out of Peach Cove, then over foggy Mt. Lion to Smugglers Bay and Marsden Point.
TA Day 16, Taiharuru River to Peach Cove – 25 km
![A big climb takes me to a spectacular view from the Te Whara summit.](https://blissfulhiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_1937.jpg)
From Tidesong, it’s a walk across the Taiharuru estuary to Ocean beach then up magnificent Bream Head.