Category: Te Araroa 2023/24

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  I Still Call Australia Home

  

  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…

  09/03/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 126

  

  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…

  08/03/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 125

  

  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…

  07/03/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 124

  

  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…

  06/03/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 123

  

  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…

  05/03/2024