Tuesday March 26, 2024Distance/ Total: 9.9 km / 6.2 mi We woke up to more rain and strong winds. We even had some lightning and thunder, only the second time I’ve seen lightning on this trip. We spent the morning staying warm and dry in the small cabin at Bluff Freedom Farm. The rain was forecast to be lighter in […]

Monday March 25, 2024Distance/ Total: 31.3 km / 19.4 mi Shaun and I were a little late leaving the holiday park this morning not getting started until about 8:30. The trail was a road walk into Invercargill were we walked into the city to get some breakfast and a food resupply. The side trip took over 2 hours and it […]

Sunday March 24, 2024Distance/ Total: 38.9 km / 24.2 mi The trail out of Colac Bay was a short roadwalk toward the beach then down the foreshore road for about a kilometer. Reaching the end of the road we moved down into the beach. The beach here was made of pea gravel sized pebbles and not sand. The 2 kilometer […]

Saturday March 23, 2024Distance/ Total: 16.4 km / 10.2 mi Shaun and I tried to get an early start, but with 4 people sleeping on the floor there was no room for us to get our gear together. We finally cleared off the upper bunk and asked one of the hikers on the floor to move up so we could […]

Friday March 22, 2024Distance/ Total: 27.6 km / 17.1 mi Shaun, Cowboy, and I were up and on the trail about 7:50 this morning. The trail started out as a road walk and about 1 kilometer up the road we ran into a gate. It didn’t show a gate on our map and we were curious why it was fenced […]

Thursday March 21, 2024Distance/ Total: 27.1km / 16.8 mi We were up and on the trail before 7:30am this morning. We walked back down the driveway and rejoined the trail where we got off yesterday. The trail started with a road walk on a gravel road before turning off and heading across a farm field. The trail continued following fence […]

Wednesday March 20, 2024Distance/ Total: 27.8 km / 17.3 mi Camping near the river meant everything was wet this morning. It was wet and cold last night getting down to 38 degrees in my tent. I woke up and wiped the cold water off the inside then started getting ready to go. It was almost 8:00 am when we started […]

Tuesday March 19, 2024Distance/ Total: 21.4 km / 13.3 mi After the long day yesterday we slept in this morning and didn’t get on the trail until after 9:00am. The trail left camp and followed a ridge line to a suspension bridge across the Aparima River. After crossing the bridge we were right back into the bogs. We crossed the […]

Monday March 18, 2024Distance/ Total: 22.5 km / 14.0 mi Although we were both up early this morning it took us a long time to get around. I packed up and headed down to the kitchen area to prepare me some hot coffee this morning. I didn’t get a chance to post any blogs last night so I worked on […]

Sunday March 17, 2024Distance/ Total: 19.9 km / 12.4 mi After the late night we were a little slow getting around this morning. It was 8:20 before we got back on the trail. The trail stayed up on the ridge along the pine tree windbreak for about 1/2 kilometers before dropping back down into the valley near the river. The […]