Category: Te Araroa 2023/24
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Te Araroa: Day 4
Date: 2nd November 2023 Start: Ngapae Holiday Park (km 87.2) End: Beachcomber Lodge, Kaitaia (km 115.6) Distance Walked: 15.2 km + 13.2 km hitchhike (28.4 km total) Total Distance Completed: 102.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Conditions Of A Punk by half alive Calories Ingested in Ahipara: a glorious…
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Te Araroa: Day 3
Date: 1st November 2023 Start: Hukatere Lodge (km 69.6) End: Ngapae Holiday Park (km 87.2) Distance Walked: 17.6 km Total Distance Completed: 73.8 km Current Song Stuck in Head: It Was Always You by Maroon 5 Angry Crabs: 1 Today’s theme was being smart. On the video I made of…
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Te Araroa: Day 2
Date: 31st October 2023 Start: Maunganui Bluff Campsite (km 40.2) End: Hukatere Lodge (km 69.6) Distance Walked: 29.4 km Total Distance Completed: 56.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Zion by Kings Kaleidoscope (I’m not crying, you are) Right Side of Body: soaked to the bone Left Side of Body:…
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Te Araroa: Day 1
Date: 30th October 2023 Start: Corner of State Highway 1 and Te Paki Stream Rd (km 20) End: Maunganui Bluff Campsite (km 40.2) Distance Walked: 20.3 km + approx. 6.5 km from SH1 to end of Te Paki Stream Total Distance Completed: 26.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: nothing,…
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Learning to be Patient
I won’t be starting Te Araroa on the 28th. That’ll probably be obvious when this post comes out. To tell you the truth, I made the call during the coach ride up to Kaitaia. At 11am, an updated forecast came through which included an orange warning for all of Northland,…
Wow, Jono. What a great finale to your 6-week trip to the Northern Hemisphere, with such an interesting description, peppered…