Invercargill to Bluff - 36kms Total - 1302kms Dad started with me along the estuary walkway and we walked for a while together before he shot ahead to jog the rest of the way. He had to stop at 17kms unfortunately due to pain in his knee. The first 10kms were along the estuary before …
Riverton to Invercargill - 32kms Total - 1266kms I had a rest day in Riverton and spent the morning sitting in a cafe for a few hours and looking around town a bit. I did not need to do any resupply, planning or preparing for the last few days so I was able to have …
Martins Hut to Riverton - 30kms Total - 1234kms I packed up and left camp as soon as it was light enough to see where I was going in the bush. It took me about four hours to get out to the road. I went off track at one point where I missed a stream …
Merrivale Hut to Martins Hut - 28kms Total - 1204kms I hit the trail with heaps of energy this morning and keen to get through the last forest section. It was very muddy in places but mostly a really nice walk. The first part of the day was a gradual climb up to the top …
Birchwood Station to Merrivale Hut - 18kms Total - 1176kms The Island Bush track was closed due to logging works so I decided to give myself a break and take an easy road walk around both Woodlaw Forest and Island Bush tracks to Merrivale Hut. I waited at Birchwood Station, with Dave and Charlie, for …
Continue reading Day 61 – Birchwood Station to Merrivale Hut
Telford Campsite to Birchwood Station - 27kms Total - 1158kms I was packed up and walking by 8.30am and looking forward to a warm and sunny day through Mt Linton Station. I was walking through open farm land the whole day. Up and over a few hills, crossing stiles, through paddocks full of sheep and …
Continue reading Day 60 – Telford Campsite to Birchwood Station
Aparima Hut to Telford Campsite - 21kms Total - 1131kms I crossed a swingbridge just past the hut and had a few kilometers of marshlands before entering the bush again for most of the day. I stopped at a hut along the way for lunch and then there was a steady climb that was steep …
Princhester Road to Aparima Hut - 23kms Total - 1110kms The weather forecast for today showed some rain in the morning and clearing in the afternoon. I have two days through the Takitimu forest. By the time I reached the end of Princhester Road I was wet through. I stopped at Princhester hut before going …
Mavora Lake Campsite to Princhester Road - 43kms Total - 1087kms I had an hour or so of bush track around south Mavora Lake before a long stretch of gravel road out to SH94. I decided today is the day to do a full marathon that has been a goal of mine since I started …
Continue reading Day 57 – Mavora Lake Campsite to Princhester Road
Taipo Hut to North Mavora Lake - 28kms Total - 1044kms The track continued down open country and crossed the Mararoa River twice on swing bridges. There were more boggy areas and pushing through some really long tussock that was over my head just before Boundary Hut. I joined a 4wd track that people use …
