3039.7 / 3074.5 km 98.9% Invercargil / Tuatara Lodge

Posts are delayed by a week, and publish at noon NZDT (7 pm EDT).

Mangamuka River
Saturday, November 18, 2023 9:57 pm
Location: Blackbridge Camp (186.7 km)

Another day, another roadwalk along Te Araroa, this time bringing us into the Puketī Forest.

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Exiting the Raetea Forest
Friday, November 17, 2023 10:14 pm
Location: Makene Road Campsite (163.9 km)

The Raetea Forest is as muddy as it is beautiful. It was unfortunate, then, that it was very beautiful.

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Sculpture
Thursday, November 16, 2023 9:37 pm
Location: Abhay and Jayanti’s Krishna Sanctuary (144.9 km)

Today was another paved and gravel road walk, taking us from Kaitaia to the doorstep of the Raetea Forest, the first of the northern forests we’ll hike through.

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Four Cows in a Meadow
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:12 pm
Location: Kaitaia / Beachcomber Lodge and Backpacker (125.5 km)

A walk along a road brought us to Kaitaia, for our first resupply on Te Araroa.

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Ninety Mile Beach
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 4:40 pm
Location: Ahipara / YHA Aphiara (110.8 km)

Another thirty kilometers on Ninety Mile Beach finally brought us to the town of Ahipara, at the southern edge of the beach.

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