Gabrielle Kotanidis

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  • Te Araroa - Cape Reinga to Auckland
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    Te Araroa – Cape Reinga to Auckland

    / 17 December 2020

    It’s been a year since we had to leave the Te Araroa trail. I’ve finally turned all of our video footage into a travel video. Yeah, I guess you can tell that we…

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    Leaving the Trail

    / 31 December 2019

    We made it 685 kilometres and we just had to pull the pin. My second youngest brother, Rex has a syndrome. Because of this, everything is much harder for him – balancing, physical…

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  • Te Araroa

    Hiking Recipe to make Peanut Butter More Edible- Sesame Snaps

    / 20 December 2019

    Is it just me or do you all include a lot of peanut butter in your hiking rations? It’s the perfect hiking food. It’s cheap, it’s high in calories and has heaps of…

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  • Hiking through Auckland on the Te Araroa - Gabrielle George
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    Underground Bunkers, Peaches and Skyscrapers – Hiking through Auckland

    / 14 December 2019

    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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  • Te Araroa

    Two River Crossings (One Failed) a Boat Ride and a Swim

    / 4 December 2019

    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

    / 28 November 2019

    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

    / 21 November 2019

    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

    Te Araroa – the First 100 km of Tramping

    / 14 November 2019

    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

    / 14 November 2019

    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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    Te Araroa Preparation

    / 21 October 2019

    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…

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Gabrielle Kotanidis

Gabrielle

Hey there! I’m an Australian
18-year-old hiker, blogger, Ultimate Frisbee player, traveller and 2nd-year nursing student. This is the place to be to read about my adventures and mishaps.

 

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay respect to elders past, present and emerging.
Sovereignty was never ceded.

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