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I realised quickly that that was probably because there’s no phone coverage up here. The pack actually didn’t feel too heavy when I first put it on, but after 5km or so I could feel the pain in my back a bit. We walked 2kms on the road before starting the Dome Hill track through to the Dome Valley. It’s supposed to be a 2-person tent but if two people were sleeping in there then there would be absolutely no space for any gear! Te Araroa Thoughts. Clark recently became the fastest woman to complete Te Araroa Trail, the journey of more than 3000km from Cape Reinga to Bluff. In 1995, Chris Gulley and two friends, Ron Enzler and Wendy van den Berg undertook the Te Araroa Expedition from Cape Reinga to Bluff as a way to "promote the potential of an end-to-end trail of Aotearoa / … Also, if you believe the watch, I was 39 metres below sea level at one point, as you can see from the photo! Well they sure make it sound appealing.  But I didn’t have high expectations.  I expected it to be bland and chewy and have a kind of “mystery meat” taste that you often get with cheap cuts of chicken. Commotion on the beach – well compared to the serenity up to this point. Today was walking on other beaches than 90 mile beach, but starting tomorrow it is 3 or 4 days of walking on 90 mile beach so I will probably at least see people drive past me on the beach. I even stopped to look for a geocache which was apparently hidden somewhere on the stairs, but I couldn’t find it. This is the last time I’ll be trying the dehydrated food before I start the trail, it’s pretty clear that I like the savoury ones and will be taking a bunch of them but I’ll probably pass on the sweet ones. But in my head I was thinking “I could do that”. A farm track often means somebody threw some marker posts up across farmland a decade ago and then forgot about them. I was waiting for my final piece of gear to turn up from overseas, my Leki walking poles. I’d splash all the way in my yellow rubber boots and be so happy and so soaked! Thx for pointing out four main dangers! The entire hike was along state highway 1 and it was not the most glorious way to end the trail, but that did not dampen our excitement. It seemed that every single person in the town was in the park playing a game of cricket. Daffodils in Cornwall Park – it must be spring, A mural at the nearby Intermediate School showing landmarks of Mount Eden. I’ll be honest, I didn’t get a good sleep… but that was primarily because earlier on that morning I had slept in quite late, and I wasn’t tired at all by the time it actually came to sleeping.  It was mostly that, but also because it was a new experience sleeping on this new stuff. After this I drove out, and had a quick drive through the nearby town of Minginui. I’m not much of a foodie and can survive on eating the same thing every day for long periods of time. Although I hoped it was… or was everything on fire? It comes with its own stuff stack but I find this fiddly so I just put it in my dry sack with my clothes. I think all the motorcycles scared them off. They were supposed to turn up between Sep 4 and Sep 9, but the courier tracking website always showed them “in transit”. (side note – please don’t graffiti the huts and campsites.  If you don’t look like this, then you’re not a real hiker. Because of my timing I could literally be their last guest in a few days’ time. I’m heading to bed now, its been a long day after 8 hours in buses and cars. I wanted to get trail runners instead of hiking boots. I’ve done snowboarding before but never skiing, so I’m used to balancing with my own body weight rather than relying on poles. Alien goo. I’d read good things about them on this site. Te Araroa documentary - Part 13 - Palmerston North to Wellington ... Matt Warriner 153 views. There weren’t any holes, and it’s quite a nice looking tent and wasn’t hard to set up after I overcame the fear of snapping the poles while bending them. I walked Te Araroa – the 3,000km trail that runs the length of New Zealand – between September 2019 and March 2020, and documented it all here on this blog. If I was hiking through Kaitaia right now I’d be having Indian food for dinner that’s for sure! One that I wanted to find was this one: The Lagoon, south-east of Murupara. Here it is (with my Dad in the picture who helped me set it up)…. now @mattski: yes, PLB is on my list. Definitely next I’ll try one of the dessert range… and also there’s a Butter Chicken meal too, but another company make that one. People on the Te Araroa Facebook group always rave about this place. It wasn’t static like this photo shows, it was bubbling quite intensely. You get a bit of kudos for being the first person to find a geocache. I’m so glad I’m staying in a cabin tonight… The wind is blowing so hard I feel like the cabin is going to fall down. Actually… I’ll miss 90 Mile Beach if I’m honest. I was also trying to follow the trail route to test out my mapping app.  So the next stop was Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill.  This is where I noticed something interesting.  The trail notes for the Coast to Coast Walkway (this section) say that you have to walk “up to One Tree Hill summit”, however every map I have seen shows the trail going around the edge of the park and completely bypassing the summit.  The perfectionist in me was uncomfortable about this.  Do I have to walk up to the summit or don’t I?  I would hate to tell people in the future that I walked Te Araroa, and they say to me “cool!  How did you like the summit of One Tree Hill?” and I’d say “actually I didn’t do that bit” and they’d say “hmmmmmmmmmm…..”. But when I found it, the paper logbook inside as well as little toys inside it were pristine. It seemed appropriate even though it was low tide. Its not important I don’t think because it just separates your stuff from any water bladder, which I’m not using. A seasoned "weekend adventurer", Matt felt ready to tackle anything it … We didn’t get a chance to put the stakes in so it looks a bit floppy in the picture above. You can see Ahipara in the distance there. I guess the answer is… because I can.  Despite being monotonous, it was easy to walk down and beautiful. But then I realised I hadn’t pulled the front two straps of my pack up tight, and after that, I was fine. I’d never walked with poles before this walk. I haven’t told many people at this point that I’m doing the walk.  But now that there’s no going back I have started to tell a few people.  I am keeping it a surprise from most of people though, and only telling family, close workmates and friends that I see regularly. There was one occasion where I had all five USB outlets in use, as you can see.  I guess he stayed at the campground at 17km. And also how you guys got your bags to be so light. I’m a freelancer and my contract that I have been working on since January finished yesterday. It wasn’t actually long before I stopped having my daily coffee. Ghost town, ghost town, it’s a ghost town And I could also tell because it is still raining all the time, despite the sun shining. I’m going to try to do that… but I’m not much of a morning person, so mine is going to be an 11am photo each day.  Here is my first: 11am picture – one single bird on the beach. But I was only slightly off course. And I realised that I never answered the original question – why am I doing this? At 6:30am I was wide awake, which really isn’t enough hours of sleep in a night. Although even walking on the road was hard. however as I took the fly off the tent, I realised it was still connected to the tent with two clips, so I had to put the fly down to undo the two clips.  This of course got the tent wet, oops.  Also the groundsheet was very wet and dirty (and covered with slugs).  I am going to have to watch Youtube videos before I go on how to pack away a wet tent. I checked the trail notes, and it is another 32km to Ahipara.  I don’t know if I can do it tomorrow with how much everything aches now.  There is an intermediate campground at 17km tomorrow, however I really really have a craving for an icecream.  A BIG craving, especially since I didn’t get my smoothie.  Hopefully they have at least 8 flavours in Ahipara, and they can get a cone and put one scoop of each flavour on top of it.  That would be sweet (literally). Onto the campsite, and there were lots of people on motorcycles – a big group of them who had a caravan set up. The sunset would have been wonderful if it wasn’t so cloudy, I understand. In brief, I believe Christianity provides me (and anyone) with a renewed relationship with the God of the universe. Back on the Te Araroa Trail, I headed for Nicols Hut where I spent the night with Devon and Marina from Maine USA. It was pretty tedious. ... Our Te Araroa journey has come to an end and I cannot believe it. So I had to order an actual sleeping mat online (because I wasn’t happy with the ones I saw in any of the outdoor shops in Auckland). None of these thoughts are new to anyone who has followed this blog and knows me. Rhydian is walking south like me, he started a day before me but he took his time getting to The Bluff, so I caught up to him. I thought I’d report on how it went.  Now keep in mind I’m definitely no expert here.  I have spent very little time camping before, so I don’t know what things are supposed to do and what they aren’t supposed to do.  But here’s my opinion after one night! 3 Comments on The End of the Te Araroa Journey Day 126: Matt and I left the Holiday Park at 8:30 am and started hiking the final 21.2 miles of the trail. But no, just me around, and a few birds. Te hikoi o Kiri - 0 Miles - From Mangawhai Heads Holiday Park To Govan Wilson Road, Matt & Jasmine - Te Hikoi o Kiri was awesome but brtally steep. I am tramping the trail, North-South, starting in November 2015 and finishing in March/April 2016. Summarizing Te Araroa would be incomplete with touching on this aspect of the journey. I can always ditch one pair if I decide that one is enough! I have a quite loud and very yellow car that you can’t miss, so as I drove past every person in the town stopped and looked at me. Anyway, that’s probably about it for now. Matt and I left the Holiday Park at 8:30 am and started hiking the final 21.2 miles of the trail. I didn’t actually realise they’d turned up on Sep 13 until a few days after that. This trail is New Zealand’s long tramping route, stretching 3000km (1850 miles) along the length of the country’s two main islands from Cape Reinga to Bluff.  Yesterday when I was very sore it was gone by the evening. When I was coming back from the shower, I saw this adorable little puppy.  I couldn’t get a good picture because it was so hyperactive. The council website for the walkway shows the path going to the summit.  And you go to the summit of Mount Eden, so why not One Tree Hill? Beginning: Hello ! The temperature got as low as 10 degrees Celsius last night if you believe the forecast (and I do).  However with five layers between me and the ground (sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, mat, tent floor and tent groundsheet), I was never cold.  Some people say that a sleeping bag can be quite constricting, but I didn’t find this – I think mainly because I am used to sleeping in the fetal position curled up on my side, rather than spreading out. The entire hike was along state highway 1 and it was not the most glorious way to end the trail, but that did not dampen our excitement. I could move around on it, roll from side to side, press down on it with my elbow while lying down and reading, and I felt fully comfortable that it would remain inflated and never worried about it popping. Set up sleeping bag and other sleeping gear very windy with no shoulder, and did not any. 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