Month: Jan 2024

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 69

  

  Date: 6th January 2024 Start: Wellington (km 1702.6) End: Island Bay (km 1715.4) Distance Travelled: 12.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1555.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: So Much (For) Stardust by Fall Out Boy Islands Completed: 1 Ah, at long last I can have a little sleep in. Key…

  09/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 68

  

  Date: 5th January 2024 Start: Camp Elsdon, Porirua (km 1671.1) End: Wellington City (km 1702.6) Distance Travelled: 31.5 km Total Distance Completed: 1542.6 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: EAEA by Blanca Paloma Roads West of Wellington: maliciously steep Camp Elsdon provided some shelter from the wind so sleep was…

  08/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 67

  

  Date: 4th January 2023 Start: Waikanae (km 1621.4) End: Camp Elsdon, Porirua (km 1671.1) Distance Travelled: 36 km walked + 13.7 km on a stinky, no good rail replacement bus (49.7 km total) Total Distance Completed: 1511.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the John Wick theme song (for some…

  07/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 66

  

  Date: 3rd January 2024 Start: Parawai Lodge (km 1596.8) End: Waikanae (km 1621.4) Distance Travelled: 15.4 km walked + 9.2 km hitched (24.6 km total) Total Distance Completed: 1461.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Dancing Queen by ABBA Energy Levels: replenished through the power of pizza Remember how everyone…

  05/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 65

  

  Date: 2nd January 2024 Start: Nichols Hut (km 1578.5) End: Parawai Lodge (km 1596.8) Distance Travelled: 18.3 km Total Distance Completed: 1436.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: 2000 And Whatever by Electric Fields Feet: battered With another fairly long day ahead, I presumed everyone would be eager to get…

  04/01/2024