The summit of the Lake Waikaremoana Rd (SH35). Form here a narrow road runs north to the start of the 6 foot track. A rough, very overgrown tramping track heads south towards Whakataka Hut.

The old shelter at the SH38 junction is long gone, but if you do need to camp, there is a clearing where it used to sit, 50m before you reach the highway, and there is a small, but reliable creek for water on the other side of the highway, just west of the Whakataka Hut track sign.