Month: Feb 2024

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 117

  

  Date: 23rd February 2024 Start: Careys Hut (km 2751.6) End: Kiwi Burn Hut (km 2777.4) Distance Travelled: 25.8 km Total Distance Completed: 2623.9 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Cold Heart by PNAU, Elton John, and Dua Lipa Brief Description of Today’s Trail: easy and flat with a small obstacle…

  29/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 116

  

  Date: 22nd February 2024 Start: Greenstone Hut (km 2724.1) End: Careys Hut (km 2751.6) Distance Travelled: 27.5 km Total Distance Completed: 2598.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: You’ve Got A Friend In Me by Randy Newman Topics Discussed by Kaka: no clue but it sounded important One thing that…

  28/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 115

  

  Date: 21st February 2024 Start: Queenstown (km 2709.1) End: Greenstone Hut (km 2724.1) Distance Travelled: 15 km Total Distance Completed: 2570.6 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: hard to keep a song in my head with Oli’s constant whistling (it was peaceful) Mushroom Density: large enough to make Radagast the…

  27/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 114

  Date: 20th February 2024 It’s only been 10 days since my last rest day in Lake Ohau. I haven’t had so few days between breaks since Northland. Not that I’m complaining, I’m more than happy to spend a day chilling around Queenstown. Well I say “chilling”, but the first thing…

  27/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 113

  

  Date: 19th February 2024 Start: Arrowtown (km 2680.4) End: Queenstown (km 2709.1) Distance Travelled: 28.7 km Total Distance Completed: 2555.6 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the sweet sound of turbofan engines roaring overhead Approach into Queenstown Airport: one of the best in the world As expected I didn’t sleep…

  26/02/2024