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11/13 Our tramp out of Hamilton was swift and easy. While the trail had markings at most intersections, some deviated from the map/GPS...

11/11/2015 We got going from our campsite in a cow pasture today to continue our walk along the Waipa River. After crossing over one of...

11/9 After Nikki dropped us back on the trail, we road walked for a bit and then up once again into the forest. We were once again leap...

11/7 Woke from our cozy private digs at Pippa's house and headed in to catch the ferry to Auckland. We picked up our bounce box at the...

11/5 Thursday We woke to a lazy morning at Kauriglen Lodge with beautiful sun and the place to ourselves. We cooked eggs and toast for...

11/1 We once again broke camp relatively early, this time in order to try and find a free boat ride across the Whanagai Inlet with a...

11/3 Left Holiday part with a little road walk and up into confusingly marked pasture land. After tramping through tall grass, we cut up...

10/28 we left the comforts of our holiday park camp site in Kerkeri today and left along more paved roads out of town, eventually ending...

We slept like logs and woke around 7:00, warm and dry. We stumbled downstairs where Ray, (who was once again running the whole show) was...

We woke early to finish our beach walk and resupply in our first trail town, Ahipara. We passed the elementary school as session was...

Our guide book warned us of the daunting, nevering ending perils of 90 mile beach (actually around 55 miles) but nothing could have...

Hi everybody, writing today from Kerikeri, about a week in to our journey. We would have liked to update earlier, but finding an actual...

Hi folks, another day, another post! I don't suppose we'll be able to post so regularly soon, so here goes. Today was our second whole...

Our first full day in Auckland and feeling ready and filled with good touristing vibes. We woke this morning to find that our bag had...

We're writing this today (tonight? this morning? I have no idea what time my body thinks it is right now) from the Attic Backpackers...

Went out for a 5 mile tramp around Harvey's Lake today. Trying to break in my new Merrells and adjust to pack living. Around mile 2 I was...

I would like to introduce everyone to Jade. She is extremely lazy and insists I carry her wherever I go. She is, on the otherhand, very...

After much deliberation, Jeff and I have finally decided on an appropriate title for this Blog. Seeing as one of our major hiking...