Category: TA
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Day 72 to 75 – A Queen and her Weka

Thursday 27 December – Sunday 30 December Picton to Havelock on The Queen Charlotte Track Day: 72 – 75 Km’s: 89km Cumulative Km’s: 1,774km / 3,000km We kick off the South Island leg of the TA with the famed Queen Charlotte Track. It would seem that our bad run of weather has come to an…
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Day 65 to 71 – Goodbye North Island

Thursday 20 December – Wednesday 26 December Waikanae to Picton Day: 65 – 71 Km’s: 76km Cumulative km’s: 1,688km / 3,000km This instalment of the blog brings us to our final week on the North Island! Seriously, how did that happen? The last two and bit months have absolutely flown by in the blink of…
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Day 58 to 64 – The Mountains Are Calling

Thursday 13 December – Wednesday 19 December Palmerston North to Waikanae Day: 58 – 64 Km’s: 134 Cumulative Km’s: 1,597km / 3,000km This week we ventured into the Taurarua’s for our first taste of New Zealand’s mountains. The Tararuas were tough, tempremental but beautiful and extremely rewarding. We are looking forward to a break over…
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Day 52 to 57 – Heading North to head South

Friday 7 December – Wednesday 12 December Whanganui to Whakapapa and back again before continuing south to Palmerston North Day: 52 – 57 Km’s: 102 Cumulative Km’s: 1,462km / 3,000km In last week’s post you learnt that we had to do a little reshuflling of trail sections when we encountered a bad patch of weather…
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Day 46 to 51 – Rapids, a bridge to nowhere and unexpected swims

Saturday 1 December – Thursday 6 December Taumarunui to Wanganui Day: 46 – 51 Km’s: 227km Cumulative km’s: 1,355km / 3,000km As mentioned in our last post, with the weather looking less than favourable for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, we decided to hit the Whanganui River earlier than originally intended and circle back to Tongariro…
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Day 41 to 45 – A new set of wheels

Monday 26 November – Friday 30 November Waitomo to Taumarunui Day: 41 – 45 Km’s: 121km Cumulative km’s: 1,032km / 3,000km So… it turns out this whole blogging thing can be tough to keep on top of! Who would have thought that you could be so ‘busy’ despite the fact that all you have to…
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