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Thru-hiking the Great North Walk
The Great North Walk is a 250km long hiking trail from Sydney to Newcastle in Australia. It was created in 1988 to celebrate Australia’s bicentenary. I decided to hike it basically on a…
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Tasmanian Trail – Section 4, Derwent Valley
These posts are taking me forever to write. It’s actually been a while since *spoiler alert* I finished (yes, I made it). However, after finishing I went straight back into full-time university. Sadly…
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Hiking the Tasmanian Trail – Section 3, the Central Plateau
Also known as the really, really cold section. If you haven’t already seen them, check out my first few days on the Tasmanian Trail then the second section. Day 8, Side of a…
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Hiking the Tasmanian Trail – Section 2, Forested Ranges
My hike continues. Read on to see me being challenged by swollen creeks, dodgy hip sockets and non-existent campsites. If you haven’t already, check out this post where I write about the first…
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Tasmanian Trail – Section 1, Northern Farmlands
Starting the Tasmanian Trail felt very sudden. Last week was exam week and I had four to study for. As soon as I’d done the last one on Friday afternoon I rushed around…
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Te Araroa – Cape Reinga to Auckland
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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Hiking Gaiters: How to Sew the Best DIY Gaiters
Gaiters are the best thing ever for a hiker or trail runner. Cheap, DIY, hiking gaiters are even better! They keep rocks and dirt out of your shoes preventing you from having to…
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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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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 expensive for not much but I did get to have a nice, hot shower. We resupplied at the big Countdown there.…
