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- 15 oct. 2022
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitud: 334 m
- Nueva Zelanda Auckland Manginangina -35.211756, 173.79264435°12’42” S 173°47’34” E
Día 14
Puketi Forest Track
15 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A muddy one! Seriously tough going through the forest today, as it was borderline too wet to make it the whole way through, but we took the risk anyway. First 5kms were beautiful, walking through the stream, but were followed by a pretty hair-raising (and kit testing!) swim across the river and 1000m elevation gain (in 6km) through thick jungle and on narrow, muddy pathways. Listened to a lot of comedy podcasts to keep the sanity, but the views were spectacular, particularly the one of the 4WD track at km 13, which meant an easy final 9kms. Cold showers at Puketi Forest Hut were extremely welcome, and went to sleep in the tent to the sound of wild Kiwi birdsLeer más
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Viajero The river crossing sounds like a huge challenge- glad you got across safely- hope it didn’t take too long for everything to dry out. ☔️
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- 16 oct. 2022
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 55 m
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Far North District Kerikeri -35.228823, 173.94225135°13’44” S 173°56’32” E
Día 15
Puketi - Kerikeri
16 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
30kms of beautiful track today through countryside that was one minute jungle, the next minute typical Welsh pastureland. Stayed the night at Kerikeri holiday park and met some 6th October starters (Charlie (Ireland), Roek (Aus) and Brianna (I think!) (NZ)) who were taking some time to recover from injury. First hot shower in 4 days here and was gifted a kiwi fruit that was the first green food I'd eaten (barring peanut m&ms) for the same period.Leer más
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- 17 oct. 2022
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitud: 7 m
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Far North District Paihia Haumai Point -35.285991, 174.09353235°17’10” S 174°5’37” E
Día 16
Kerikeri - Paihia
17 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Back to Paihia! Another 30km stint in the rain but started and finished strong with a McDonald's milkshake for breakfast and fish and chips in the hostel for dinner. Hard graft in the final kms but worth every minute of wet weather for the welcome at PeppertreeLeer más
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- 19 oct. 2022
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitud: 6 m
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Far North District Waikare Tutaematai Stream -35.333333, 174.335°19’60” S 174°18’0” E
Día 18
Paihia - The Farm
19 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Met back up with Jakob today to catch the ferry to Russell, and headed up together (off trail) to see the stunning ocean views at Tapeka Point. Got our first glimpse of a wild Kiwi bird en route, and ended the morning catching up with brilliant Fabian from Endless Summer over coffee, who then gave us a hitch to the start of the jungle track.

We spent the next 13km with Olli and Heiko, before getting ahead and arriving at the haven that was Northland's 'The Farm' - complete with coffee shop, hammocks, cold cans and fresh produce free to visitors. Had a lovely evening with Claire, Jonathan (France), Iveta (Czechia), Dale, Olli & Heiko, as well as some of the Farm guys, including James (UK) and Ryan (NZ)Leer más
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- 20 oct. 2022
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Whangarei Whananaki South Whananaki Inlet -35.514114, 174.45847535°30’51” S 174°27’31” E
Día 19
The Farm - Whananaki
20 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Super lucky day today as we got two brilliant hitches to turn 2 days of road walking into 1 day of complete trail tramping. First from Cath (NZ) who picked us up in her van and took us on a little tour of Oakura before dropping us at Helena Bay, and then next from Leah (NZ) who took us into Whananaki. In between we enjoyed the beauty (and seriously steep hills!) of Helena Ridge Track, stopping for lunch in a spot straight out of the Shire. Kipping tonight in the trampers hut at Whananaki Holiday Park, and even went for a quick swim in their pool to cool off after a pretty toasty dayLeer más
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- 21 oct. 2022
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitud: 14 m
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Whangarei Tutukaka Oturu Bay -35.61119, 174.52450135°36’40” S 174°31’28” E
Día 20
Whananaki - Tutukaka
21 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Beautiful start to the day today heading over the southern hemisphere's longest footbridge and up into the coastal walk around Whananaki. A huge number of little coves along the way - with some seriously tempting blue-green water! This pretty section was unfortunately followed by a fair amount of road walking, but we got a hitch to Ngunguru not too far along it with Vic and Ezra, and then another with Dave (UK), from Worcester (whose girlfriend Lindsay is on the Scottish Rugby Team) to Tutukaka Holiday Park, our home for the next couple nights

Here we met Nikita (NZ) who was staying in our dorm, and Lesley and Mark from Topsham (UK) who are cycling the length of the country and are good friends with Min, my dissertation supervisor from last year!Leer más
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- 22 oct. 2022
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Poor Knights Islands -35.471728, 174.73925235°28’18” S 174°44’21” E
Día 21
Poor Knights Island
22 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Snorkelling in Poor Knights Islands today with Dive! Tutukaka. Beautiful day out on the boat (although started with some pretty rough seas!). Skipper was Steve (UK), and crew were Jimmy, Ruby, Jessie and Billy, all school kids working the ultimate summer job! Rounded off the day with an evening in the Twilight Market in Tutukaka - complete with live music and some really good local food!Leer más
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Viajero Looks like you are having a fantastic time - so pleased you are grabbing all the opportunities! Xx Ps love the hikers footwear 🙄🩴🧦
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- 23 oct. 2022
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitud: 12 m
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Whangarei Pukenamu -35.739667, 174.5340935°44’23” S 174°32’3” E
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Día 22
Tutukaka - Tidesong
23 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We decided to dodge around the 3.5km waist-deep water/marsh crossings initially planned for today, and instead hitched a ride to the TA bypass through Mackerel Forest, covering 7kms and a couple of slightly less dramatic river crossings through the woods before catching another lift back to the trail head in Pataua North. Emma - the driver - also gave us a tour of town, including the surf beaches and the estuary and shared the secret to becoming a local - jumping off the footbridge - which we of course had to do (photographic evidence attached). After this it was just a couple KMs to the beautiful Tidesong B&B - hosted by Ros and Hugh - who plied us with cups of tea and fresh home cooking - and a bed for the night! They also had an amazing boardwalk complete with mangroves and the occasional eelLeer más
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Viajero Zoiks!!!!
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Viajero Love a good mangrove and a boardwalk - heavenly!
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- 24 oct. 2022
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitud: 38 m
- Nueva Zelanda Auckland Ocean Beach Moturaka Island -35.837363, 174.57148235°50’15” S 174°34’17” E
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Día 23
Tidesong - Ocean Beach
24 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
A bit of a late one today, beginning at 12.30 in order to correspond with low tide- but despite a waist deep wade across the estuary it was one of the most relaxed days so far - only 13kms to Ocean Beach campsite - leaving plenty of time to catch up with Jenny (NZ), Matt (NZ), Frits (Netherlands), Billy and Astrid (Netherlands) at camp (which even had the luxury of a warm shower. Early night here in order to prep for Bream Head the next day!Leer más
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Viajero Good to see the waterproof getting good use!
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Viajero Love the new socks!
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- 26 oct. 2022
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 7 m
- Nueva Zelanda Northland Whangarei Ruakaka -35.905481, 174.45288935°54’20” S 174°27’10” E
Día 25
Bream Head & Ruakaka
26 de octubre de 2022, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
800m + of elevation today - most of which came in the first 2kms - but it was so worth it for the incredibly clear views from the Bream Head lookouts. The way down was perhaps even more brutal - dropping all that height on small wooden steps in a similar window - but the image of Whangerei Heads (and the promise of fish and chips) afterwards made it all worthwhile. Met back up with Matt, Jennie and Frits for food, and we took a boat ride with Blair across the bay to carry on our way. Then it was just a few kms down the highway to Ruakaka shops (helped by a ride from a friendly passer by) and another 4kms to the Holiday Park. Here we saw Olli and Heiko again - enjoying a zero day - as well as Astrid, Billy and Alan (Aus). We also met the amazing Henwood family (NZ) - who are walking the whole TA with their 9 and 12 year old. Massive admiration for this feat, especially as I think it was a battle for mum and dad to get Annabelle and I out for a half hour stroll with the dog at this age.Leer más
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