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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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Well, I’m here. In Aotearoa. Still not fully comprehending what I’m about to go and do over the next 4-5 months. The sheer scale of this trail is simply absurd, throwing much of my regular hiking preparation routine out the window. To give an example, on the Carnarvon Great Walk and Great Ocean Walk I
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In a week’s time, I will board a plane destined for Auckland, leaving behind my friends and family who I won’t see again for 4.5 months. Granted I am flying with Jetstar so take that previous sentence with a pinch of salt. But, assuming all goes to plan, I only have 6 days until I
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Before I start, I apologise for the delay in getting this post out. I would’ve liked to have written this about a week ago, but I was delayed by a weekend trip I took with my housemates (fun) and a bout of food poisoning once I arrived home (not fun). Best walk I’ve ever done?
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Sounds like, “All’s well that ends well.” Somewhat of a relief, I assume, from your description, though lots of good…
Wow, Jono, I think you are a brick (that’s a compliment, if you haven’t heard it before!). Having to force…
Hi Jono, I have been a but slow in commenting on this day’s activities, but I do enjoy your commentaries…
A great description, Jono. It seems to me that, while you have a lot of experience from your previous tramps,…
A Dangerous Business 
Well, Jono, thanks for posting your travel diary. It certainly makes interesting reading, and provides a historical record (for you,…