canterbury Day 34: Tekapo to Camp Stream hut A relaxed start to the day, with breakfast at a café. Then we were headed out of Tekapo (finally) after a couple of days rest. Over the footbridge by where
canterbury Day 32: Zero in Tekapo A long awaited zero day in Tekapo was finally upon us. We grabbed breakfast and lazily wandered the shops looking for socks or underwear. They don't sell any underwear, anywhere,
canterbury Day 30: Twizel to Pūkaki We woke up late, and had an easy morning departing Twizel. It's 55 or so km to Tekapo, but there is only the one camping opportunity at the south end
canterbury Day 28: Ahuriri to Ōhau From our advanced campsite we had a relatively easy day ahead. The track was good, there was not so much undulation... just a slow gradual increase in elevation up to
otago Day 26: Pakituhi hut to Top Timaru hut New year's day. 2021. After our impromptu rest day yesterday, we were feeling quite energised. It was an easy, relatively nice gradient (compared to the horror that had come before)
otago Day 24: Hāwea to Pakituhi hut Yesterday we'd found a car key on the cycleway between Albert Town and Hāwea. We'd let all the cyclists riding past know we had it and that we'd drop it
otago Day 22: Highland Creek to Wanaka The day started with a small up and down from Highland Creek hut toward Fernburn hut. Then it climbed very steeply some 500 m up to Jack's saddle. There was
otago Day 20: Rose's hut It had snowed the night before as we were coming in to Rose's hut, my first white Christmas. It was a very cold morning. We slept in. We packed up
otago Day 18: Wakatipu track We had an easy day ahead of us and we're in no rush to depart our fancy motel accommodation at the Wyndham Gardens in Frankton. We sauntered out to check-out
southland Day 16: Greenstone track We were to have a small 13 km walk out to the carpark to catch the shuttle into Queenstown at 13:15. A group of 6 were staying in the
southland Day 12: Te Ānau to Kiwiburn hut The day started with Breakfast in Te Ānau. We saw a bus load of Milford sound walkers show up for breakfast just after ours came out, so we were lucky
southland Day 10: Telford to Aparima Huts We had a blustery night, and after a loud night awoke suddenly to one of our tents corners flapping freely in the gusts. A snapped cord between the corner and
southland Day 8: First zero day We needed to get a resupply in Nightcaps which is 15 km or so away from Birchwood station for the next section. The first day in the next section is
southland Day 6: Martin's hut to Merriview hut The day began in the historic Martin's hut. Happy to report that our packs, and food bags were intact and that we had not been visited by any rats in
southland Day 4: Aparima/Riverton to Ōtaka/Colac Bay Relaxed start to the day, intending to have the second of our two half days to let the calves and hamstrings adjust. Breakfast at the same café as yesterday, Jacob's
southland Day 2: Oreti Beach Track The day started at the Central City Camping Park in Invercargill. As it was going to be a beach walk, we needed to time our day for low tide at
southland Day 0: Getting to Bluff We stayed the night with our first trail angels, Becs and Moana-Rose in their caravan at Matangi... breakfast provided. Early rise to catch the shuttle with Mother Darryl to the
