The penultimate day on Te Araroa was a long walk along Oreti Beach, bookended with roadwalk in Riverton and Invercargill.
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With forest and mountains behind me, Te Araroa begins following the south coast of the South Island.
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A second day in the Longwood Forest took me through extremely muddy trail to the final hut on Te Araroa.
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A road walk took me into the infamously muddy Longwood Forest, from where I got my first view towards Bluff and the southern coast of the South Island.
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A series of road and forest road walks brought me over some mountains and to a private hut near the entrance to the Longwood Forest.
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