Category: Te Araroa
A day on the trail – More info https://www.teararoa.org.nz/
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Lake Pukaki, and beyond – Day 33.
A short day, to the start of Lake Pukaki, That was the plan anyway, it started with wide open spaces. Today and the upcoming days will be filled with wide open spaces, crossing Mackenzie country from Lake Ohau, to Twizel to Lake Pukaki and ultimately Lake Tekapo. After…
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Twizel – Day 32 (Part 2).
Happy and blessed Easter to everyone, I woke up this morning before sunrise, and made a point of getting breakfast going before the sandflies wake up and to sit down and simply “BE” and watch the sunrise. Such a privilege to be able to do that and in such…
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Twizel – Day 31 (Part 1).
Lake Ohau village and to the bottom of the lake, I was privileged enough to not have to rush this morning, only hitting the trail by 9:30 after a slow start and hot breakfast one last time at the lodge. I had a great time at the lodge for…
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Lake Ohau – Day 30.
Back to civilisation (of sorts), It was a pretty rough night as predicted with very strong wind gusts, rain and even lightning. At one point, I cracked open a packet of biscuits because the wind was keeping me awake and so I might as well stay up. I thought about…