Day 5 - Mistletoe Bay - Zero Day

(28th Feb 2025)

Hello Everyone,

Well after a big day yesterday I spent today relaxing and catching up on the blog.

Mistletoe Bay is an Eco Village that is run by DOC as an Education facility with very limited Facilities that can impact the environment. It is so far out of the way that there is limited signal (internet) reception and no TV.

I spent almost 4 hours during the day catching up on day 3 & 4 Blogs.

Mistletoe is also known for the Bioluminescence that can be seen in the Bay at dusk, unfortunately it is also a very random event that relies on weather, tides and time of the year, just my luck I didn’t catch it at all. The next day I spoke to 2 people, the managers son who thought it was awesome and a Canadian guy who also thought it wasn’t worth staying up for.

Whilst waiting down an the dock for the bioluminescent I watched this stingray looking for his evening dinner.

The views across both Sounds change hour by hour affected by the sun light and the weather I have to say that later in the day the feeling of solitude becomes very prevalent, when either sitting in the shared kitchen, alone or with other campers / hikers or the vast open space of my tent with only the sounds of the wild life to keep you company. This has not changed from the top of the North Island or here in the South.