Te Araroa Trail Priongia I had a pretty bad sleep last night at the Pahautea hut, mostly due to being allergic to the perfume-drenched shirt the lady in the bunk above hung up on our…
Te Araroa Trail Day 37. Pirongia summit 848.4kms – km 871.2
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Te Araroa Trail Day 36. Kaniwhaniwha stream 837.5kms – Pirongia summit 848.4kms
Te Araroa Trail Pirongia The easy walking and slackpacking of the past few days had turned me into a bit of a sissy, but after an hour on Pirongia mountain with a fully loaded 16kg…
Te Araroa Trail Day 32. Mercer 720.7kms – Rangiriri 746.1kms
Te Araroa Trail Mercer to Rangiriri I had an early start this morning. I set off on the trail at 7am from Mercer. The first trail was the Whangamarino Redoubt track, then a wetlands track.…
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 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…