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Date: 7th November 2023 Start: Puketi Campsite (km 197) End: Hone Heke Lodge, Kerikeri (km 221.7) Distance Travelled: 24.7 km Total Distance Completed: 215.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: random scenes from Cars Cough Status: making its presence known I’m getting really sick of having my tent fly socked in dew every morning. I’m
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Date: 6th November 2023 Start: Blackbridge Rd Campsite (km 177) End: Puketi Campsite (km 197.5) Distance Travelled: 20.5 km Total Distance Completed: 190.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: In Christ Alone Energy: completely and utterly drained WHY IS MY TENT ALWAYS SATURATED WITH DEW? Ok, rant over. It was actually a lovely morning, albeit
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Date: 5th November 2023 Start: Broadwood End: Blackbridge Road Campsite (km 177) Distance Walked: 8.3 km walked + 28.5 km hitched (36.8 km total) Total Distance Completed: 169.9 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Évidemment by La Zarra Francophone Population of Tonight’s Camp: almost everyone Even in fine weather, I can’t escape getting a wet
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Date: 4th November 2023 Start: Beachcomber Lodge, Kaitaia (km 115.6) End: Broadwood (~km 138.5) Distance Walked: 5.1 km hitchhike + 16.8 km on trail + 9 km bypass (30.9 km total) Total Distance Completed: 133.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Slice of Heaven by Dave Dobbyn Time Taken to get a Lift out of
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Date: 3rd November 2023 Yet again, I am very grateful that I rested. No alarm in the morning, no agenda to complete during the day, just relax in Kaitaia. Again. Somehow a planned 2 nights total in this town has blown into 5 nights, although I certainly don’t regret any of them. After listening to
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Date: 2nd November 2023 Start: Ngapae Holiday Park (km 87.2) End: Beachcomber Lodge, Kaitaia (km 115.6) Distance Walked: 15.2 km + 13.2 km hitchhike (28.4 km total) Total Distance Completed: 102.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Conditions Of A Punk by half alive Calories Ingested in Ahipara: a glorious amount At some point I
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Date: 1st November 2023 Start: Hukatere Lodge (km 69.6) End: Ngapae Holiday Park (km 87.2) Distance Walked: 17.6 km Total Distance Completed: 73.8 km Current Song Stuck in Head: It Was Always You by Maroon 5 Angry Crabs: 1 Today’s theme was being smart. On the video I made of my time on the Great
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Date: 31st October 2023 Start: Maunganui Bluff Campsite (km 40.2) End: Hukatere Lodge (km 69.6) Distance Walked: 29.4 km Total Distance Completed: 56.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Zion by Kings Kaleidoscope (I’m not crying, you are) Right Side of Body: soaked to the bone Left Side of Body: drier than the Sahara I
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Date: 30th October 2023 Start: Corner of State Highway 1 and Te Paki Stream Rd (km 20) End: Maunganui Bluff Campsite (km 40.2) Distance Walked: 20.3 km + approx. 6.5 km from SH1 to end of Te Paki Stream Total Distance Completed: 26.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: nothing, I was too angry about
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I won’t be starting Te Araroa on the 28th. That’ll probably be obvious when this post comes out. To tell you the truth, I made the call during the coach ride up to Kaitaia. At 11am, an updated forecast came through which included an orange warning for all of Northland, estimating potentially 90mm of rain
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Thanks again Jono for blogging your adventures. A thoroughly enjoyable read.
Well, congratulations, Jono! That journey of 160 km = 100 miles in the old imperial system. That’s pretty impressive to…
Well, Jono, it sounds like you are coming to the end of your journey/adventure. In one of my earlier comments/replies,…
Thanks, Jono.
A Dangerous Business 
Hello Jono, Well, I have been a long time getting to read your final blog from the latest tramp, if…