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Dag 9
maandag 29 september 2025 om 19:24
☁️ 16 °C
Hoogte: 29 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Kaikohe-Hokianga Community -35.211499, 173.51347835°12’41” S 173°30’49” E
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Makene road campsite
29 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Well that forest was a slog. Slippery clay mud. Yuck. Today was often good track but there was one evil downhill mud slide that went on for about 2km. Then there was another. Among many others.
Now at Makene Road camping area. Done laundry (in a bucket of river water) eaten a meal and headed for bed. Rain in forecast so not sure what we'll do tomorrow.
Northland sandflies are tiny!

Tramping Rule 6: if doesn't kill you it will make you stronger (we hope)Meer informatie
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Reiziger Blue sky!
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ReizigerFirst sunny day in a week. Was one positive for the day!
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ReizigerInteresting vegetation. And great photos. Sleep well
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Dag 8
zondag 28 september 2025 om 17:13
☀️ 19 °C
Hoogte: 722 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -35.216246, 173.41800335°12’58” S 173°25’5” E
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Raetea Peak
28 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Bit of a muddy slog today but went further than our original plan. Will probably save a day in the Raetea forest. Climbed about 600m and camping at the top of Raetea Peak at 744m. Fresh asparagus for dinner!
Weather cool but not too unpleasant and no rain which is a pleasant change.
Shona tweaked a muscle in her leg which slowed progress. Hopefully it will ease tonight cos we have a 13km muddy slog tomorrow.
Bush has been beautiful. Found what looks like a native bromeliad. A few birds around but not lots.Meer informatie
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Reiziger That's a deep puddle!
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Reiziger Swimming time!
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Reiziger Cool photo
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Dag 7
zaterdag 27 september 2025 om 18:13
☁️ 16 °C
Hoogte: 199 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -35.216229, 173.37374435°12’58” S 173°22’25” E
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Takahue Campsite
27 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Picked up from Ahipara about midday for a transfer past the road sections. 35km drive through Kaitaia to the Takahue road end and start of the Mangamuka track. Also got our first food drop (thanks Ben) and supplemented with some essentials from PaknSave Kaitaia. Walked about 2km of the 125km section and set up camp in pouring rain. Rain stopped about 2 minutes after we climbed in the tent. Wouldn't have had enough light to make it to the next campsite.
The section we have started is about 5 days on muddy bush tracks and a day across farmland to Kerikeri. Feet still not too great but we have a plan!

Tramping Rule 5: listen to your wife when she says the rain will stop in a few minutes!Meer informatie
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Reiziger You look as though you are running
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ReizigerKeep up the good work. Love the photos. All.go now
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ReizigerArgh rain! Headed to my hometown, Kerikeri ☺️
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ReizigerYou guys are doing just great. Hope your body hiccups remain at the tweek level
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Dag 7
zaterdag 27 september 2025 om 10:06
☁️ 17 °C
Hoogte: 30 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -35.178439, 173.1347135°10’42” S 173°8’5” E
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Endless Summer Ahipara
27 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Spent 3 nights at Endless Summer on the beach at Ahipara. Fantastic place to stop and recuperate. Feet still not 100% but OK enough for a couple of short days.
Feasted on NZs best apple pie, bananas grown in the garden and exotic fish n chips (blue whiting and snapper). Dined at Faulty Towers and avoided the f!#$@% beach!Meer informatie
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Reiziger Did you try the hammocks?
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Reiziger Did now - weird things!
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ReizigerLooks a great place, even better if you didn’t have to start walking again I’m guessing
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Dag 4
woensdag 24 september 2025 om 06:11
🌧 16 °C
Hoogte: 27 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Northland -34.919845, 173.10046134°55’11” S 173°6’2” E
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Hukatere to Ahipara
24 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
The beach broke us. We are taking a couple of days off at Ahipara to recover. Yesterday was a 35km walk and it started badly and ended worse. Tired legs, sore ankles and feet, and blisters.
We have a really pleasant, inexpensive seaview room upstairs in a beachfront place at Ahipara. Good spot to rest up for a bit.
Tramping Rule number 5. Don't walk 90 mile beach!
At least 'we knocked the bastard off'. First section of the TA complete. 164,534 steps, 104km, 4 days.Meer informatie
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ReizigerEnjoy the break!! You guys are amazing, doing something most of wouldn’t even consider doing.
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ReizigerThat's because they are sane 😆
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Reiziger Why does he need to go fishing? Looks like there are fish already on the beach to use
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ReizigerApparently they have found turtle shells on the beach too.
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Dag 3
dinsdag 23 september 2025 om 17:05
🌧 17 °C
Hoogte: 15 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -34.90012, 173.0931834°54’0” S 173°5’35” E
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Bluff to Hukatere
23 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Ouch, ouch, ouch. Moving hurts. Managed another 30km day today but the legs are tired. Have another 30km to do tomorrow to complete the beach. It's a LONG way! Think we might need a zero day when we get there.
The beach was much the same today as yesterday. Sand, wind and sea. Sandhills on the left and waves on the right. Birds are the interesting bit. Heard a kiwi last night.

Tramping rule No. 4: Carry coffee, paracetamol & ibuprofen to ease the journeyMeer informatie
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Reiziger Dad wins the visibility contest!
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Reiziger Doing well!
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Reiziger Had to take a photo showing us halfway along 90 mile beach cos we aren't going to do it twice!
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ReizigerWhat, I was sure you would be lining up for a 2nd attempt😛
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Dag 3
dinsdag 23 september 2025 om 07:04
🌧 16 °C
Hoogte: 10 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -34.685203, 172.89932534°41’7” S 172°53’58” E
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Twilight to Bluff
23 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
First of 3 long days along 90 mile Beach. 28km. Tired by the end and SouthernDon got blisters! Soft townie type.
Highlights were gannets, dancing gulls and sand. Lots of sand. Rained a bit for the last 2 hours. Tomorrow repeat with more rain & 2km extra.
Oh, & Bob has had to stop - hurt his back while doing cool down exercises. Only other walker is Neve, a young (therefore speedy!) lady from Carterton

Tramping rule No. 3: Warm core, cool legsMeer informatie
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ReizigerWell done . That beach does look overly long but remember it isn’t 90 miles! Sorry to hear bob has had to stop😩
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Reiziger Great photos. Thank you for sharing them.
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ReizigerOh Bob! 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Dag 1
zondag 21 september 2025 om 18:59
🌬 16 °C
Hoogte: 17 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -34.506946, 172.70330934°30’25” S 172°42’12” E
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Twilight Campsite
21 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Short walk today. 13km to Twilight campsite, just before 90 mile Beach. Met our first TA co walker. We introduced ourselves but he didn't give us his name so we just refer to him aa Bob. Bob is from Hamilton and doesn't like hills and doesn't like kayaks. Bob is old like us.
Had our second disaster today. I didn't pre test our gas cooker and it turns out it isn't piezo started. We didn't bring matches or a lighter. Cold food till we get to Kaitaia in 3 days.
Tramping Rule No 2: Always pre check your gear!Meer informatie
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ReizigerYou’re learning lots of new rules 😜
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ReizigerOh yes! Some we won't confess to either!
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ReizigerAnd carry matches in your emergency kit. A new game for you, “predict the next rule of tramping”!
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Dag 1
zondag 21 september 2025 om 10:17
🌬 17 °C
Hoogte: 224 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Te Hiku Community -34.430158, 172.68234734°25’49” S 172°40’56” E
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Today's the day!
21 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
It has taken a couple of days to get from Auckland to Cape Reinga but we have finally arrived.
Had a major disaster last night. It's windy here. Very windy. Our tent pole snapped in a strong gust and we haven't even started the TA! But it's all OK because we are stealing our 4 season tent back from Ben who's up here with us. Bit heavier but a more robust tent.
Rule for tramping number 1. Bring a backup.Meer informatie
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ReizigerHappy walking! ☀️
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Reiziger 1452 km’s isn’t far! 😂
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ReizigerHalfway there!
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Reiziger😂
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ReizigerEasy - we've done 1% already! If we were driving!
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donderdag 18 september 2025 om 20:00
🌙 13 °C
Hoogte: 51 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Auckland -36.864295, 174.75542336°51’51” S 174°45’20” E
Farewell Arrowtown
18 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Last minute house clean & tidy, and removal of about 30 years of facial hair before leaving the snow & spring blossom of the Whakatipu basin. Auckland's night time temperatures are higher than our daytime temps!Meer informatie
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ReizigerLooking a bit different there Don!
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ReizigerLike the man I married so many years ago!
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ReizigerDon’t worry. It’ll grow back
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woensdag 17 september 2025 om 15:44
☁️ 21 °C
Hoogte: 40 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Christchurch -43.5264, 172.52543°31’35” S 172°31’30” E
Finally packed!
17 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
40 days dehydrated food and 2 packs. Ready for the plane to Auckland tomorrow.
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ReizigerPack base weights are about 8kg for OldLadyWalks and 10kg for me. Add food and water and we top out at about 12kg and 14kg. That's manageable. I hope
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dinsdag 16 september 2025 om 12:00
☁️ 10 °C
Hoogte: 349 m
Nieuw-Zeeland Millbrook -44.976504, 168.80368944°58’35” S 168°48’13” E
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Wakatipu
16 september, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Prep for TA
Reiziger Good luck 🍀
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ReizigerThanks!
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ReizigerLooking forward to all the reports, good and bad. Safe travels❣️
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