Te Araroa Trail Auckland We had a very special morning on the trail today! We spent the day with Red, who I met one day last summer as she was doing the Hakarimatas stretch of…
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Te Araroa Trail Day 27. Okura Bush Walkway 566.6kms – Takapuna 585.7kms
Te Araroa Trail Auckland Beaches The Okura River Estuary Debacle... This morning we got up at 4.15am to cross the Okura river estuary at the low tide at 6am. Anja, Markus and Danny crossed at…
Te Araroa Trail Day 24. Edgerley Road 512.4kms – Puhoi village 530.4kms
Te Araroa Trail to Puhoi Denise at the Nanekoti Homestay' gets the award for best brekkie thus far on Te Araroa trail - held until now by Ros at Tidesong. This morning's superb effort included…
Te Araroa Trail Day 23. Govan Wilson Road 489kms – Edgerley Road 512.4kms
Te Araroa Trail Dome Forest We woke to pouring rain today. Matt made us some brekkie of eggs and toast and after leaving a koha ($$ donation) we got going at 8am. Thankfully the rain…
Te Araroa Trail Day 20. Waipu 420.2kms – Mangawhai 456.3kms
Te Araroa Trail Waipu to Mangawhai ** TA Highlight** We started the day with bacon and eggs then Mary dropped us to the start of the Lang's View track stretch of Te Araroa trail. Markus…
Te Araroa Trail Day 15. Waikahoa Bay doc camp (off trail) – Whananaki North Holiday Park 314.4kms
Te Araroa Trail to Whananaki Holiday Park As you can imagine today was a very slow start, and without a doubt my worst morning on Te Araroa trail. I woke several times during the night…
Te Araroa Trail Day 14. Russell Walkway Junction 273.6km – Helena Bay 291.4km – Waikahoa Bay doc camp (off trail)
Te Araroa Trail "Chicken Poison day" A day of Te Araroa trail surprises today. Apparently the unidentified bird I heard in the night was a kiwi - wow! :-) Today we started on a 4…
Te Araroa Trail Day 11. Kerikeri 222.1km – Zero day
Te Araroa Trail Kerikeri Ooh the luxury of a nice little apartment! Anja, Markus and I started our second Te Araroa 'zero day' with a huge fry-up and proceed to do very little else all…
Te Araroa Trail Day 8. 156km – Mangamuka Dairy – Waipapa river junction 183.1km.
Te Araroa Trail - Mangamuka Dairy I woke at 6.15am after a great night's sleep. Anja and Markus were up and out early again and I spent a little longer packing up before hitting the…
Te Araroa – Resupply
That’s the resupply parcels sorted!!