Category: Trail updates
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Day 79 to 85 – Easy on the eyes, hard on the knees
Thursday 3 January – Wednesday 9 January Richmond Alpine Track – Browning Hut to St Arnaud Day: 79 – 85 Km’s: 98km Cumulative km’s: 1,935km / 3,000km Welcome to our second instalment from the Richmond Ranges! As Leigh mentioned in the last post, the Richmond Ranges were definitely a step up in difficulty compared to…
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Day 76 to 78 – Gateway to the Richmond Ranges
Monday 31 December 2018 – Wednesday 2 January 2019 The Pelorus River Track – Havelock to Browning Hut Day: 76 – 78 Km’s: 47 Cumulative Km’s: 1,837km / 3,000km The Pelorus River Track is the gateway to the Richmond Ranges on the TA. The Pelorus River Track, coupled with the Richmond Alpine Track form the…
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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…
Adam, Leigh and the Trees 
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