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Date: 9th October 2024 Start: Gar Campsite (km 23) End: Halls Gap (km 48.7) Distance Travelled: 25.7 km Total Distance Completed: 48.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Take My Breath Away by Berlin Body Parts In Need Of Replacement: both feet, one knee (borderline), shoulders, calf muscles (might be salvaged if I actually stretched…
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Date: 8th October 2024 Start: Mt Zero Trailhead (km 0) End: Gar Campsite (km 23) Distance Travelled: 23 km Total Distance Completed: 23 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: O Where is My Hairbrush (yes, the VeggieTales song) Body After 6 Months At A Desk: stiff Well, here we go again. Packing a bag to…
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Well then… I didn’t think I’d be back here so soon. Get back from New Zealand, settle into work, plan my next adventure for 2025. Unless there’s been a glitch with the Gregorian calendar, it is still very much 2024. Yet here I am, about to hit another trail. In short, I got bored at…
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On the 3rd of March 2024, I descended Bluff Hill to Stirling Point, being greeted by dozens of my fellow hiking brethren as I touched the signpost to signify my journey on Te Araroa was at its end. That was 6 months ago (hence the super creative title of this post). How on Earth has…
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After 2 years of planning and anticipation and 4.5 months of actual walking, my adventure on Te Araroa is at an end. I still can’t quite believe that it’s over. In my latter years at university, a good bit of my free time was spent dithering over my plans, reading blogs and watching videos from…
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Date: 3rd March 2024 Start: Beach Road Holiday Park, Oreti Beach (km 2987.7) End: Stirling Point (km 3028.9) Distance Travelled: 41.2 km Total Distance Completed: 2879.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Praise You by Fatboy Slim (“we’ve come a long long way together, through the hard times and the good”) Emotions: elation, relief, satisfaction,…
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Date: 2nd March 2024 Start: Colac Bay Holiday Park (km 2948.9) End: Beach Road Holiday Park, Oreti Beach (km 2987.7) Distance Travelled: 38.8 km Total Distance Completed: 2838 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Reach Out I’ll Be There by Human Nature Visibility in the Morning: what visibility? Has my tent always been this comfortable?…
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Date: 1st March 2024 Start: Martin’s Hut (km 2932.4) End: Colac Bay Holiday Park (km 2948.9) Distance Travelled: 16.5 km Total Distance Completed: 2799.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Fire by Peking Duk Muddiness on the Pirongia Mud Scale: 2/5 One final day through the mud, that’s all I have to do before reaching…
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Date: 29th February 2024 Start: Merriview Hut (km 2904.9) End: Martin’s Hut (km 2932.4) Distance Travelled: 27.5 km Total Distance Completed: 2782.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Can’t Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo Muddiness on the Pirongia Mud Scale: easily 5/5 I felt weirdly optimistic when I got up this morning. The last…
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Dates: 27th-28th February 2024 Start: Birchwood Station (km 2877.7) End: Merriview Hut (km 2904.9) Distance Travelled: 25.9 km walked + 5.1 km hitch (31 km total) Total Distance Completed: 2755.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Colours by Voyager How Much I’m Dreading Longwood Forest: aaaaaagh! I was in for a rude awakening at the…
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Hello Jono, Well, you are certainly on the go! Great to read of your Norwegian journey – or at least…
Well, Jono, you are full of surprises! I hadn’t realised how much you had planned to pack in to your…
Hi Jono, The entertainment continues! Fancy finding so many deserted (almost) places in a country about the size of NZ…
Wow, Jono. You certainly get around! Very entertaining narrative. Yes, I am glad you got to the IOM, even though…
A Dangerous Business 
Wow, Jono! What magnificent scenery! I must say I enjoyed the journey, sitting in my LazyBoy chair. Actually, I am…