Who you gonna call? (Why you need a Personal Locator Beacon)
We’re not the best planners. Don’t get me wrong, we try – but somehow it all gets forgotten amongst theContinue Reading
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So you think you know how to cross a river?
My one fear coming into Te Araroa? River crossings. Shudder. If you offered me the choice of balancing over narrow,Continue Reading
What happens when you pitch your tent next to a laundry room
A bright white light floods the tent. Is it morning already? Groaning, I fumble above my head for my phone.Continue Reading
It’s the little, big, great, small things
We’ve been walking for 43 days and that has seen us climbing mountains, cutting through tussock grass, tip-toeing through riversContinue Reading
24 Hours on the Te Araroa Trail
Life on the trail is like nothing we’ve ever experienced. From gourmet dehydrated meals to sleeping in ancient huts with 12Continue Reading
Another hole in the belt
They just don’t fit. I’ve adjusted them twice now but still they come down. I pull out the ‘Leatherman’ again,Continue Reading
What’s for dinner?
It’s incredible how a little bit of hot water can transform some funny-coloured powder and unidentifiable lumps into a lambContinue Reading
6 Chapters of the Richmond Ranges
We are reading Moby Dick. Every night, we snuggle into our sleeping bags with the iPad and drift off toContinue Reading
5 things we’ve learnt 3 days into Te Araroa
Three days and 84km into the adventure, and we’ve learned a lot. We could tell you about the sandflies andContinue Reading
Butterflies in the departure lounge
The barman pours two long Gin and Tonics… Now we are on holidays – that first sip of quinine isContinue Reading
