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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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We’ve Just Booked in Walking 3000 km across New Zealand
In November I’m flying out of Australia and into Auckland with the rest of my family. We’re going to New Zealand to hike (or to use the kiwi term, tramp) the Te Araroa.…