Month: Jan 2024
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Te Araroa: Day 74
Date: 11th January 2024 Start: Havelock Holiday Park (km 1805.5) End: Pelorus River Campsite (km 1826.6) Distance Travelled: 21.1 km Total Distance Completed: 1666.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Gone by Kings Kaleidoscope Pelorus River Water Temperature: refreshing Yet again I’m getting up inhumanely early. Granted this has been…
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Te Araroa: Day 73
Date: 10th January 2024 Start: Davies Bay Campsite (km 1782.8) End: Havelock Holiday Park (km 1805.5) Distance Travelled: 22.7 km Total Distance Completed: 1645.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Sabotage/Home by Kings Kaleidoscope Food Stuffed in Pack: about 12 days worth It’s… cloudy? That wasn’t in the script. I…
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Te Araroa: Day 72
Date: 9th January 2024 Start: Bay of Many Coves Campsite (km 1751.5) End: Davies Bay Campsite (km 1782.8) Distance Travelled: 31.3 km Total Distance Completed: 1622.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Lost? by Kings Kaleidoscope Things Stolen by Weka Today: nothing, they left me alone today By the time…
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Te Araroa: Day 71
Date: 8th January 2024 Start: Schoolhouse Bay Campsite (km 1721.1) End: Bay of Many Coves Campsite (km 1751.5) Distance Travelled: 30.4 km Total Distance Completed: 1591.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Be Thou My Vision Things Stolen by Weka Today: a bag of hikers wool (retrieved from the bushes)…
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Te Araroa: Day 70
Date: 7th January 2024 Start: Ship Cove (km 1715.4) End: Schoolhouse Bay Campsite (km 1721.1) Distance Travelled: 5.6 km Total Distance Completed: 1561 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears Snacks Stolen by Weka: my cashews (I got them back) ding…
A Dangerous Business 
Well, Jono, thanks for posting your travel diary. It certainly makes interesting reading, and provides a historical record (for you,…