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Jenny
Oct 30, 20214 min read
Blog days 28-30 Plimmerton to Wellington
From the northern suburbs of Wellington to the south coast and end of the north island.
Jenny
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Days 26-27 Waikane to Plimmerton and the escarpment track
Kapiti seaside towns and the escarpment track
Jenny
Oct 25, 20214 min read
Days 24-25 Tararuas part one
Tararuas part one, the safer lower level sections.
Jenny
Oct 24, 20214 min read
Days 21-23 From Palmerston North and into the bush
Finally some bush walking after all the road and beach walking to date.
Jenny
Oct 19, 20214 min read
Days 19-20 Bulls to Palmerston North via Feilding
Lots of road walking through the manawatu towns and a bit of countryside
Jenny
Oct 17, 20213 min read
Days 17-18 Whanganui to Bulls via Turakina beach
Our first proper river crossing. Big kilometre days with a mix of road and beach walking.
Jenny
Oct 15, 20212 min read
Day 16 Bridges of the Whanganui river
So excited to be back on the trail. Not how we planned it to temporarily have to skip over 1,195 km of it. But here we are dealing best...
Jenny
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Days 10-15 Northland in lockdown
We had enjoyed our first rest day after eight days of walking and were all set to get back to the trail on the Saturday morning. Our...
Jenny
Oct 8, 20215 min read
Days 8-9 flooded and muddy Raetea and first zero day
Day two on Raetea and dealing with more mud and floods.
Jenny
Oct 6, 20210 min read
Days 6-7 Kaitaia and into muddy Raetea forest
From ahipara to Kaitaia and the first half of Raetea forest.
Jenny
Oct 4, 20210 min read
Days 4-5 Ninety mile beach, part two - Yes it’s a very long beach
Last two days on Ninety Mile beach
Jenny
Oct 3, 20210 min read
Day 2-3 Ninety mile beach
First couple of days on ninety mile beach.
Jenny
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Day 1. Cape Reinga to Twilight beach.
Day 1 Te Araroa. Cape Reinga to twilight camp.
Jenny
Sep 29, 20212 min read
D-day -1
We’re on our way!! A day of travel before our walk starts.
Jenny
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Food prepping
Planning, dehydrating, and packaging up a couple of months of food.
Jenny
Sep 9, 20214 min read
Packing Light
What I'm choosing to carry to have as light a pack as possible.
Jenny
Aug 31, 20211 min read
Training
Photos from our training walks
Jenny
Aug 30, 20213 min read
My 'Whys' for walking Te Araroa
For those who think walking 3000km to cover the length of NZ is the craziest idea ever, here is 'why' I'm doing it.
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