Category: Te Araroa
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Day 86-87
Day 86: Browning hut to Hackett hut Just after writing my last post, two hikers showed up, so I had some company for the end of the evening. I had a pretty awful night. There were mosquitoes inside the hut so any exposed skin was theirs to devour. I was hot in my sleeping bag…
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Day 85
Day 85: Captain Creek hut to Browning hut I had slept well apart from an hour or so when I was awake trying to figure out what to do about my shoes. I set off just around 8 to the next hut, Middy hut. There were a few swing bridges to cross, which were kind…
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Day 83-84
Day 83: Havelock to Pelorus Bridge The highlights today were not really related to the trail. I had a bacon and egg pie and a date scone to start my day along with my not so flat white. The walking was along a highway and then a road and then a track along the bottom…
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Day 79-82
Day 79: Wellington to Schoolhouse Bay It was time to finally leave Wellington so I was up early to get to the train station in time for the shuttle to the ferry. I stopped off en route to post my bounce box and to pick up a coffee. The shuttle turned out to be a…
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Days 76-78: Wellington
My first day in town started with some eggs and toast at my hotel. Stomach full, I felt ready to start on my meal plan for the first part of the South Island, which was quite the feat. There are three suggested places for all TA walkers to send themselves food parcels (because options are…
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Day 71-75
Day 71: Waikanae to Parawai hut The day started well since there was breakfast at the Airbnb and I had to eat some yogurt and fruit that I had bought the previous evening as well. After stuffing myself, I finally set off along the road for about 10 km and then it was onto the…
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Day 68-70
Day 68: Makahika Outdoor Pursuits Centre to Paekakariki John from the Outdoor pursuits centre didn’t have good news this morning, there were still extreme gale force winds predicted for the Tararuas for Wednesday and the other days until Friday weren’t great either. It was hard to believe given it was a lovely sunny morning. The…
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Day 65-67
Day 65: zero in Palmy It wasn’t a great night’s sleep, the mattress wasn’t that comfy and there were a few mozzies buzzing around. I ended up blowing up my air mattress and sleeping on the floor and Lara did a good job of killing the mozzies. I made some eggs and toast for breakfast…
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Day 61-64
Day 61: Whakapapa Village to Whanganui It was a chilly morning and I slept a little later than I meant to again. I figured that my hike to National Park would take about 4-5 hours so I was hoping to have lunch at the resto-bar before catching the bus to Whanganui at 3pm. The trail…
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Day 58-60
Day 58: off trail, day 1 of Round the Mountain I didn’t mention it in my last post, but I was exhausted when I got to Whakapapa. When I got to the campsite, all I could do was lay on the ground for a while. I was also in some pain from my pack, the…
On the Trail with Stella 