Jenny
Blog days 28-30 Plimmerton to Wellington
From the northern suburbs of Wellington to the south coast and end of the north island.
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Jenny
- Oct 26, 2021
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Days 26-27 Waikane to Plimmerton and the escarpment track
Kapiti seaside towns and the escarpment track
Jenny
- Oct 25, 2021
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Days 24-25 Tararuas part one
Tararuas part one, the safer lower level sections.
Jenny
- Oct 24, 2021
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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, 2021
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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, 2021
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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, 2021
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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, 2021
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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, 2021
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Days 8-9 flooded and muddy Raetea and first zero day
Day two on Raetea and dealing with more mud and floods.
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- Oct 6, 2021
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Days 6-7 Kaitaia and into muddy Raetea forest
From ahipara to Kaitaia and the first half of Raetea forest.
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- Oct 4, 2021
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Days 4-5 Ninety mile beach, part two - Yes it’s a very long beach
Last two days on Ninety Mile beach
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- Oct 3, 2021
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Day 2-3 Ninety mile beach
First couple of days on ninety mile beach.
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- Oct 1, 2021
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Day 1. Cape Reinga to Twilight beach.
Day 1 Te Araroa. Cape Reinga to twilight camp.
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- Sep 29, 2021
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D-day -1
We’re on our way!! A day of travel before our walk starts.
Jenny
- Sep 23, 2021
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Food prepping
Planning, dehydrating, and packaging up a couple of months of food.
Jenny
- Sep 9, 2021
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Packing Light
What I'm choosing to carry to have as light a pack as possible.
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- Aug 31, 2021
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Training
Photos from our training walks
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- Aug 30, 2021
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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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