The inner mumblings of a first time thru-hiker.
138 days hiking 3026km the length of New Zealand;
battling, surviving and eventually thriving.
Manawatu-Whanganui
Day 42 - 1000km
Camp Epic —> Taumaranui
Day 43 - new shoes
Taumaranui
Day 44 - ostrich
Tauramanui —> National Park
Day 45 - follow your streams
National Park —> Mantepopo hut
Day 46 - tongariro
Mantepopo hut —> Tongariro holiday park
Day 47 - hitching
Tongariro holiday park —> Taumarunui
Day 48 - staying put
Taumarunui
Days 49-51 - waiting
Taumarunui
Day 52 - the river
Taumarunui —> John Coull hut
Day 53 - going with the flow
John Coull Hut —> Ngaporo Campsite
Day 54 - lazy water days
Ngaporo Campsite —> Downes Hut
Day 55 - real paddling
Downes Hut —> Durie Hill, Whanganui
Day 56 - black sand
Durie Hill, Whanganui —> Koitata
Day 57 - puns
Koitiata —> Bulls
Day 58 - tarmac
Bulls —> Feilding
Day 59 - more tarmac
Feilding —> Palmerston North
Day 60 - cyclone Gabrielle
Palmerston North
Day 61 - an earthquake at half way
Palmerston North —> Moturimu Whare
Day 62 - shed
Motimuru Whare —> Ian & Frank’s hut
Day 63 - a taste of the mountains
Ian & Frank’s hut —> Makahika Outdoor Centre