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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Greenstone Station to Taipo Hut - 23kms Total - 1016kms I had a good rest day yesterday and did a lot of planning for the final two weeks ahead. I have changed my flights to come home on the 8th of March. I plan to be walking into Bluff on the 5th or 6th but …
Arrowtown to Queenstown - 29kms Total - 993kms I was expecting a short day to Queenstown so slept in and sat at a cafe having breakfast and coffee until about 10am. Once I finally got going I checked my map and trail notes and realised it was actually 29kms. Pretty flat and easy walking though …
Roses Hut to Arrowtown - 23kms Total - 964kms The first order of the day was to get up and over Roses saddle and down to Arrow River. It took me an hour or so to get there. You can choose to walk the flood track or down the river for 5kms to Macetown. I …
Fern Burn Hut to Roses Hut - 16kms Total - 941kms From the hut I followed the track further up the Fern Burn and up on to Jack Halls Saddle. That was the first of three big climbs today. My calves were a bit stiff from hitting that straight out of the hut. I descended …
The Path Less Travelled 