
A Close Call (Part One) – Mt Philistine Bluffs
“On a Mish” #57 A Close Call (Part One). Mt Philistine Bluffs. Upper Otira Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 28.5.2015. A fact that most try
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“On a Mish” #57 A Close Call (Part One). Mt Philistine Bluffs. Upper Otira Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 28.5.2015. A fact that most try

“On a Mish” #271 A Dog’s Unexpected Night Out. Balmacaan Stream. Hakatere Conservation Park. 24.5.2015. Dogs are a very cool additional enhancement to life. Always

“On a Mish” #29 Mountain Goats & Glissading (Part Three). Mt Bealey(1836m). Arthurs Pass National Park. 1.10.2014. When the air is still and the sky

“On a Mish” #29 Mountain Goats & Glissading (Part Two). Mt Bealey(1836m). Arthurs Pass National Park. 1.10.2014. Many times, I have watched the goats that

“On a Mish” #29 Mountain Goats & Glissading (Part One). Mt Bealey(1836m). Arthurs Pass National Park. 1.10.2014. When you do something often, sometimes you can

“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part Three). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. Summits give

“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part Two). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. Attaching twelve

“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part One). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. If you

“On a Mish” #123 Up, Down, Done – Part Two. Potts Range Peak(1948m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 23.9.2014. To many the thought of clambering up a

“On a Mish” #123 Up, Down, Done – Part One. Potts Range Peak(1948m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 23.9.2014. It was love at first sight when my

“A Mish a Day” #26 Valley of the Trolls / Lake Wilson – Part One. Mt Aspiring National Park. 20.4.2012. When walking the Routeburn Track

“On a Mish” #346 The Windy-Force Valley (Part One). Lake Coleridge Area / Wilberforce Valley. West Canterbury. 30.8.2022. Sometimes running away from reality can work

“A Mish a Day” #203 Te Ahu Patiki/Mt Herbert(919m). Bank Peninsula Area. 18.9.2011. Standing at nearly 1km above the Pacific Ocean on the South Island’s

“On a Mish” #171 The Throne Room of the Gods (Part Two). Earnslaw Burn. Mt Aspiring National Park. 11.7.2010. There are some places in Aotearoa

“Working in Paradise” 2014-2017. Humpridge Track. Fiordland National Park. A good friend suggested a change of environment and after the 2014 winter to head to

“On a Mish” #289 Snow Makes Everything Better (Part Two). Mid Eglington Valley. Fiordland National Park. 30.6.2021. The inconvenience of the cold is an easy