Category: Te Araroa 2023/24
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Te Araroa: Day 76

Date: 13th January 2024 Start: Rocks Hut (km 1858.4) End: Slaty Hut (km 1883.3) Distance Travelled: 24.9 km Total Distance Completed: 1723.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the song of thousands of cicadas Metres Climbed: over 1800 Hey weather forecast, why did you lie to me? You said it…
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Te Araroa: Day 75

Date: 12th January 2024 Start: Pelorus River Campsite (km 1826.6) End: Rocks Hut (km 1858.4) Distance Travelled: 31.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1698.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: various scenes from The Avengers, don’t ask why Sandfly Population on the Pelorus River: hundreds at least Why am I waking…
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Te Araroa: Day 74

Date: 11th January 2024 Start: Havelock Holiday Park (km 1805.5) End: Pelorus River Campsite (km 1826.6) Distance Travelled: 21.1 km Total Distance Completed: 1666.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Gone by Kings Kaleidoscope Pelorus River Water Temperature: refreshing Yet again I’m getting up inhumanely early. Granted this has been…
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Te Araroa: Day 73

Date: 10th January 2024 Start: Davies Bay Campsite (km 1782.8) End: Havelock Holiday Park (km 1805.5) Distance Travelled: 22.7 km Total Distance Completed: 1645.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Sabotage/Home by Kings Kaleidoscope Food Stuffed in Pack: about 12 days worth It’s… cloudy? That wasn’t in the script. I…
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Te Araroa: Day 72

Date: 9th January 2024 Start: Bay of Many Coves Campsite (km 1751.5) End: Davies Bay Campsite (km 1782.8) Distance Travelled: 31.3 km Total Distance Completed: 1622.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Lost? by Kings Kaleidoscope Things Stolen by Weka Today: nothing, they left me alone today By the time…


Hello Jono, Well, I have been a long time getting to read your final blog from the latest tramp, if…