Category: Te Araroa 2023/24

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 25

  

  Date: 23rd November 2023 Start: Stu’s Woolshed (km 513.5) End: Orewa Beach Holiday Park (km 542.4) Distance Travelled: 19.6 km walked & kayaked + 8.3 km on bus (27.9 km total) Total Distance Completed: 542.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Ian McKellan acting as Gandalf saying, “Hobbits really are…

  24/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 24

  

  Date: 22nd November 2023 Start: Dome Cafe (km 497.2) End: Stu’s Woolshed (km 513.5) Distance Travelled: 16.3 km Total Distance Completed: 514.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: nothing really, I’m too scarred from yesterday’s mud Auckland Hostel Availability: none You’d think after all that I endured yesterday that I’d…

  23/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 23

  

  Date: 21st November 2023 Start: Rodney Road (km 476) End: Dome Cafe (km 497.2) Distance Travelled: 21.9 km Total Distance Completed: 498.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Alive by Kings Kaleidoscope Pace: agonisingly slow I’m gonna set the scene of today’s walk right off the bat: this was the…

  22/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 22

  

  Date: 20th November 2023 Start: Mangawhai Travellers Rest (km 449) End: Rodney Road (km 476) Distance Travelled: 27 km Total Distance Completed: 476.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Venom by Eminem Weather Dodging Skills: like Neo from The Matrix (except for the last climb) At long last I’ll be…

  21/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 21

  Date: 19th November 2023 Gonna keep it nice and short today. Nothing much of note happened. I had a nice sleep in, waking up to see… dry ground. Where’s the rain that I used as an excuse to take a zero day here? Some did come throughout the day, but…

  21/11/2023