Distance: 1.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 128m to 148m. Gain: 22m. Loss: 28m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

The bushedge is reachs 100m past the Waiopehu Track junction. From here the track continues across farmland all the way to the roadend at Poads Road.
The track is poled, and crosses farm paddocks on terraces above the Ohau River. Permission is not required, but dogs on a lead, bolts out of rifles, and all the usual rules for private land. It is an easy 1km walk to the roadend.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A signpost at the Poads Road roadend marks the start of the track into the Ohau / Waiopehu Hut. The track is poled, and crosses farm paddocks on terraces above the Ohau River. Permission is not required, but dogs on a lead, bolts out of rifles, and all the usual rules for private land. It is an easy 1km walk to the bushedge. The Waiopehu Track junction is 100m beyond and marked by a signpost.