Category: TA
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Day 146 to 148 – Spoiler alert… We made it to Bluff!

Monday 11 March – Wednesday 13 March Colac Bay to Bluff Day: 146 – 148 Km’s: 78km Cumulative km’s: 2,996km / 2,996km It doesn’t feel real that we are only 3 days away from the end of this amazing adventure. Less than 5 months ago we arrived at Cape Reinga at the top of New…
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Day 140 to 145 – Back on trail after a false alarm

Tuesday 5th March – Sunday 10th March Te Anau to Colac Bay Day: 140 to 145 Km’s: 155 Cumulative Km’s: 2,918 / 3,000km This post is a little overdue, being written a month after events, from our home base of Sydney. We have been home for 3 weeks now and have been off the TA…
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Day 130 to 139 – Winter is coming

Saturday 23 February – Monday 4 March Queenstown to Te Anau Day: 130 – 139 Km’s: 97km (+ some off-trail km’s) Cumulative km’s: 2,763km / 3,000km As we get closer to the end of the Te Araroa trail, we have been making an effort to slow down and incorporate a few side trips, including some…
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Day 124 to 129 – Queenstown here we come

Sunday 17 February – Friday 22 February Wanaka to Queenstown Day: 124 – 129 Km’s: 92 Cumulative km’s: 2,666km / 3,000km After a few days sight seeing around beautiful Wanaka we tramp our way to Queenstown on the Motatapu Track. This section was our last mountain range on the TA. We hope you enjoy the…
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Day 115 to 123 – Head towards the rainbow

Friday 8 February – Saturday 16 February Twizel to Wanaka Day: 115 – 123 Km’s: 141km Cumulative km’s: 2,574km / 3,000km This section of the trail had a bit of everything – seeing us follow some more flat and hot lakeside tracks, before heading back into the mountains with three steep climbs across consecutive days,…
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Day 111 to 114 – Always take the high route

Monday 4 February – Thursday 7 February Bush Stream Carpark to Twizel Day: 111 – 114 Km’s: 128km Cumulative km’s: 2,433km / 3,000km After being blown away last week by the spectacular scenery between the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers/TA designated ‘hazard zones’, it was now time to climb to the highest point on the entire…
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