
Much Easier Than Last Time – Saddle Hill (841m)
“On a Mish” #436 Much Easier Than Last Time. Saddle Hill (841m). 20.6.2025. A while back my father and I visited my uncle’s farm in
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“On a Mish” #436 Much Easier Than Last Time. Saddle Hill (841m). 20.6.2025. A while back my father and I visited my uncle’s farm in

“On a Mish” #407 A Road to Nowhere (Part One). Lindis Pass Conservation Area / Ahuriri Conservation Area. 27.6.2024. Curiosity is a driving factor in

“On a Mish” #395 Listening to the Silence of Snow (Part Three). Mount Burns Tarns. Fiordland National Park. 6.3.2024. I recently hiked a track that

“On a Mish” #395 Listening to the Silence of Snow (Part Two). Upper Borland Valley / Mount Burns Tarns. Fiordland National Park. 5.3.2024. Many will

“On a Mish” #395 Listening to the Silence of Snow (Part One). Borland Burn (South Branch). Fiordland National Park. 5.3.2024. I have found that the

“On a Mish” #380 The Tragedy Track (Part Two). Rapaki Track / Valley Track. Hillsborough, Christchurch City. 23.6.2023. There have been times when I have

“On a Mish” #380 The Tragedy Track(Part One). Rapaki Track. Hillsborough, Christchurch City. 23.6.2023. While attending a chronic pain management course we were asked to

“On a Mish” #375 A Fowler Wind Blows (Part Three). Fowler Pass Track. St James Conservation Area. 3.6.2023. Part of the appeal of hiking to

“On a Mish” #375 A Fowler Wind Blows (Part Two). Fowler Pass Track. St James Conservation Area. 3.6.2023. Pre 2007 I wouldn’t consider spending time

“On a Mish” #375 A Fowler Wind Blows (Part One). Hanmer Springs Village. North Canterbury. 3.6.2023. The road to recovery has been a lot longer

“On a Mish” #379 The Opposite of Flat (Part Two). Rakaia River. Hakatere Conservation Park. 21.6.2023. Apart from Te Pataka o Rakaihautū / Banks Peninsula

“On a Mish” #6 Tough Trails of the Past (Part One). Mt Larkins(2300m). Whakaari Conservation Area. Richardson Mountains. 20.3.2014. It is safe to say that

“On a Mish” #174 Arthurs Village from Above (Part Two). Mt Aicken(1863m). Arthurs Pass National Park. 4.9.2014. From 1907 to 1923 Arthurs Pass Village was

“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part One. Fiordland National Park. 19.4.2021. A lot of time had passed since my last adventure in

“On a Mish” #296 Deep in Sandfly Country (Part One). Tutoko Valley. Fiordland National Park. 18.4.2015. Aotearoa is a place of great beauty and many

“On a Mish” #330 An Area That Time Forgot (Part One). Acheron Homestead. Molesworth Station. Marlborough. 5.6.2022. To watch hard work disappear before your own