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As I continued southward through the North Island on my great New Zealand road trip, I entered a strange half-known...
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The Kepler Part II: Sun, Snow and Sandflies
Six intrepid travellers had set off to conquer the Kepler Track, one of New Zealand’s famed Great Walks. We had...
To the Gates of Moria for Powelliphanta
We’d cruised up the east coast of the South Island, pausing at Hanmer Springs before traversing the nerve-wracking Rainbow Rd...
Mt Isobel – Canterbury’s Most Popular Climb
While in Hanmer, it seemed only natural that we should tackle the mountain touted as “arguably the most climbed mountain...
Fun and Fungi on the Government Track
Today our wanderings took us to an area I hadn’t visited in several years, but had enduring fond memories of....
Hokonui Hills, Ho!
Today Dad chose a walk we’d last done in April 2016, a walk up to East Peak in Southland’s Hokonui...
A Kiwi Bird Over the White Cliffs of Dover
Having settled in to Dover and had a crash course on its history, my next move was naturally to take...
Chilling at the Cervo
Once again we find ourselves with a hot day and nothing to do, so up into the Alps it is!...
Bethunes Gully to Mount Cargill
We’d already climbed Mount Cargill the easy way, so today we were back to do it the hard way. The...
Arson, Murder, and a Pleasant Walk in Herbert Forest
Today we set our sights on somewhere far afield – Swallows Track which loops through Herbert Forest in North Otago....