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Underground Bunkers, Peaches and Skyscrapers – Hiking through Auckland
Coming into Auckland the trail kept sending us on and off the beach, it couldn’t make up its mind. We found some caves along the beach. They didn’t go into the cliff very…
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More Beach, Rain and Some Local History
We saw this huge hive, it’s impressive! It didn’t feel like we were meant to be walking through here. And back on the beach again . we were forced up the beach to…
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Two River Crossings (One Failed) a Boat Ride and a Swim
We had to do two tide-reliant river crossings on the one day. Unfortunately, low tide wasn’t until quite late and we couldn’t leave camp until 2 pm, a ridiculously late start for us.…
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Streams, Ferries, Beaches and a Tsunami Freak-out
We stayed a night at a caravan park in Paihia. It was $86 for one night and all we got was a tiny patch of grass and bad facilities! But I did get…
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The Hardest Day of my Life – The Raetea Forest
The Raetea forest… I’m sorry but this post isn’t about the wonderfulness of hiking. If you want to just think tramping is always wonderful and happy and skipping through grassy meadows you should…
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Te Araroa – the First 100 km of Tramping
As we started to hike the Te Araroa we were all pretty nervous. It was really foggy when we left the lighthouse at Cape Reinga and there wasn’t much in the way of…
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Melbourne to the start of the Te Araroa
We walked down great nanna’s road to the bus stop. It was a bit tricky to fit into the bus with our huge bags. We took up two seats each. We got off…
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Three Days to go!
That’s right, we’ve only got three days until we get on a plane and fly away to the land of the long white cloud! I don’t really feel excited or stress – I…
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Ultra-Light, Ultra-Cheap Sleeping Bags
My dad was so tight that he didn’t want to buy proper, small and lightweight sleeping bags. Dad (the great shopper that he is) found our sleeping bags online. They only cost 19AUD…
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Te Araroa Preparation
After getting to Great Nanna’s house, one of the first things we did was go open all the mail that we’d been getting sent to her house. This is all the stuff that…
