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- Dag 9
- mandag 29. september 2025 19:24
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Høyde: 29 m
New ZealandKaikohe-Hokianga Community35°12’41” S 173°30’49” E
Makene road campsite
29. september, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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 atLes mer
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- Dag 8
- søndag 28. september 2025 17:13
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Høyde: 722 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community35°12’58” S 173°25’5” E
Raetea Peak
28. september, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 forLes mer
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- Dag 7
- lørdag 27. september 2025 18:13
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Høyde: 199 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community35°12’58” S 173°22’25” E
Takahue Campsite
27. september, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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 (thanksLes mer
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- Dag 7
- lørdag 27. september 2025 10:06
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Høyde: 30 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community35°10’42” S 173°8’5” E
Endless Summer Ahipara
27. september, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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, bananasLes mer
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- Dag 4
- onsdag 24. september 2025 06:11
- 🌧 16 °C
- Høyde: 27 m
- New ZealandNorthland34°55’11” S 173°6’2” E
Hukatere to Ahipara
24. september, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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 aLes mer
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- Dag 3
- tirsdag 23. september 2025 17:05
- 🌧 17 °C
- Høyde: 15 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community34°54’0” S 173°5’35” E
Bluff to Hukatere
23. september, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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 weLes mer
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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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- Dag 3
- tirsdag 23. september 2025 07:04
- 🌧 16 °C
- Høyde: 10 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community34°41’7” S 172°53’58” E
Twilight to Bluff
23. september, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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 theLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 21. september 2025 18:59
- 🌬 16 °C
- Høyde: 17 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community34°30’25” S 172°42’12” E
Twilight Campsite
21. september, New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 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 fromLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 21. september 2025 10:17
- 🌬 17 °C
- Høyde: 224 m
- New ZealandTe Hiku Community34°25’49” S 172°40’56” E
Today's the day!
21. september, New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 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 andLes mer
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- torsdag 18. september 2025 20:00
- 🌙 13 °C
- Høyde: 51 m
- New ZealandAuckland36°51’51” S 174°45’20” E
Farewell Arrowtown
18. september, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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 ourLes mer
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- onsdag 17. september 2025 15:44
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 40 m
- New ZealandChristchurch43°31’35” S 172°31’30” E
Finally packed!
17. september, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
40 days dehydrated food and 2 packs. Ready for the plane to Auckland tomorrow.
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- tirsdag 16. september 2025 12:00
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Høyde: 349 m
- New ZealandMillbrook44°58’35” S 168°48’13” E
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Blue sky!
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