Category: Te Araroa 2023/24
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Te Araroa: Day 71
Date: 8th January 2024 Start: Schoolhouse Bay Campsite (km 1721.1) End: Bay of Many Coves Campsite (km 1751.5) Distance Travelled: 30.4 km Total Distance Completed: 1591.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Be Thou My Vision Things Stolen by Weka Today: a bag of hikers wool (retrieved from the bushes)…
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Te Araroa: Day 70
Date: 7th January 2024 Start: Ship Cove (km 1715.4) End: Schoolhouse Bay Campsite (km 1721.1) Distance Travelled: 5.6 km Total Distance Completed: 1561 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears Snacks Stolen by Weka: my cashews (I got them back) ding…
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Te Araroa: Day 69
Date: 6th January 2024 Start: Wellington (km 1702.6) End: Island Bay (km 1715.4) Distance Travelled: 12.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1555.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: So Much (For) Stardust by Fall Out Boy Islands Completed: 1 Ah, at long last I can have a little sleep in. Key…
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Te Araroa: Day 68
Date: 5th January 2024 Start: Camp Elsdon, Porirua (km 1671.1) End: Wellington City (km 1702.6) Distance Travelled: 31.5 km Total Distance Completed: 1542.6 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: EAEA by Blanca Paloma Roads West of Wellington: maliciously steep Camp Elsdon provided some shelter from the wind so sleep was…
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Te Araroa: Day 67
Date: 4th January 2023 Start: Waikanae (km 1621.4) End: Camp Elsdon, Porirua (km 1671.1) Distance Travelled: 36 km walked + 13.7 km on a stinky, no good rail replacement bus (49.7 km total) Total Distance Completed: 1511.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the John Wick theme song (for some…
A Dangerous Business 
Well, Jono, thanks for posting your travel diary. It certainly makes interesting reading, and provides a historical record (for you,…