Wanaka to Fern Burn Hut - 24kms Total - 925kms Back into it today. Starting with an easy walk around the south side of the lake to Glendhu Bay. There was a really great campground right on the lake. There was a section of track around the lake where there were hundreds of rabbit's running …
I had a relaxing day today in Wanaka and spent a few hours in town getting supplies and having a haircut and beard trim. Later on in the afternoon I caught up with Curtis for a beer at the Ale House. He was in town for work. I had a nice big steak meal too.
Albert Town to Wanaka - 13kms Total - 901kms It was a nice easy day to Wanaka which meant I could afford time for a sleep-in and a visit to the local patisserie for breakfast. I had a warm cheese and ham croissant (amazing!) and a coffee. The trail from Albert Town combined a number …
Pakituhi Hut to Albert Town - 24kms Total - 888kms The way down to Lake Hawea was a 950m descent straight down a rocky, sawtooth ridgeline. It was hard on the knees first thing in the morning. Once we were down it was nice and flat all the way to Albert Town. We walked along …
Top Timaru Hut to Pakituhi Hut - 26kms Total - 864kms Today turned out to be much bigger than anticipated. We continued down the Timaru River for several kms. The track sidled the river bank through beech forest and was very narrow and high above the river in places. It was a challenging track that …
Ahuriri River to Top Timaru Hut - 26kms Total - 838kms It snowed on the tops behind us last night and the wind was up so a very chilly start to the day. There was a short climb up a bank to get out of the river flats where we camped. We crossed Birchwood road …
Lake Ohau to Ahuriri River - 27kms Total - 812kms Dad dropped me off at Lake Ohau early this morning where I met up with Scott and Jane again for the next four days hiking through to Wanaka. We walked a track up the true right of Freehold Creek through Beech forest to the top of …
Twizel to Lake Ohau - 38kms Total - 785kms Today has turned into more of a rest day after finishing my ride by 10.30am. It was raining most of the way so I only stopped once for a drink and snack. I just wanted to get it over with to be honest as I was …
Lake Tekapo to Twizel - 55kms Total - 747kms I haven't been on a bike since I did the north island two years ago and mountain biked for a few days from National Park to Whakahoro and then Pipiriki to Whanganui. I really enjoyed that so have been looking forward to this. I am mountain …
A much needed rest day, and rest I did. Apart from going for a walk into town to run some errands and pick up my bike for tomorrow. I had a bit of a sleep in, cooked breakfast, called home for a catch up with the family, ate lots of good and bad food, had …
The Path Less Travelled 