The fourth night for four day walkers, and a comfortable rest stop for two day walkers.

Set in a delightful 'out of control' organic garden, abundant with both exotic and native plants, the house is just fifty yards from a safe, sandy beach with good swimming in calm seas and great boogie boarding when the surf is up.

Kitchen and two bedrooms in house 4/6, and garden sleepout for 2.
Outside double toilet/shower block.
Free coffee, tea, sugar.... and a good selection of books, magazines, indoor and outdoor games.
Otanerito Beach Tramper's Shop also has a full range of supplies.

Doug Hood and Fiona Farrell bought the Otanerito Beach house and converted the front of the house for use by Track walkers in 1994, becoming the only non land - crossing shareholding on the Track.

Doug had been involved with the Track in varying roles since it opened in 1989, becoming chairperson in 1993 and being continuously involved in the management group until 2007 when he took on the sole role of website design and content management for the Track. He runs the Track accommodation at Otanerito.

Fiona Farrell is an award winning New Zealand novelist, poet, and playwright. Fiona has held the Katherine Mansfield and Rathcoola fellowships in France and Ireland and in 2007 received the NZ Prime Ministers Award for Fiction. She is currently the 2011 Burns Fellow at Dunedin University.