
Up to the Challenge (Part One) – Macaulay Valley
“On a Mish” #357 Up to the Challenge – Part One. Macaulay River. Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park. 5.11.2022. Doing very little can be very
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“On a Mish” #357 Up to the Challenge – Part One. Macaulay River. Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park. 5.11.2022. Doing very little can be very

“On a Mish” #352 Grandeur on Steroids (Part One). Mid Rakaia River. Canterbury. Aotearoa. 7.10.2022. Nature offers the brain a reassuring calm like no other.

“On a Mish” #343 Into the Snow we go (Part Two) – Jimny Club Day Trip. Lake Lyndon. Torlesse Conservation Area. 31.7.2022. Due to the

“On a Mish” #343 Into the Snow we go (Part one) – Jimny Club Day Trip. Lake Lyndon. Torlesse Conservation Area. 31.7.2022. The want, must,

“A Mish a Day” #157 Duncans Stream / Molesworth Station – Part Two. St James Conservation Area. 23.8.2020. The ease of access to epic environments

“A Mish a Day” #157 Duncans Stream / Molesworth Station – Part One. St James Conservation Area. 22.8.2020. Any day above 1000m in New Zealand

“On a Mish” #162 Banter & Black Panthers. Clyde / Lawrence Valley. Hakatere Conservation Area. 28.6.2020. When it comes to travelling through the mountains I’ll

“On a Mish” #140 Forces of Nature (Part Three). Birdwood Range / Fanghill Stream. Wilberforce Valley. 7.6.2020. With all of the epicness of being reintroduced

“On a Mish” #140 Forces of Nature (Part Two). Birdwood Range / Fanghill Stream. Wilberforce Valley. 6.6.2020. Mother Nature can be a powerful beast sometimes.

“On a Mish” #97 My Hip and the Havelock Valley (Part Four). Havelock Valley. Hakatere Conservation Park. 20.5.2020. It is sometimes hard to explain the

“On a Mish” #13 A Kiwi Takes Flight – Part 2. Mt Hotakadake(3190m). Kamicochi Azumi,Nagano. 7.6.2013. To travel somewhere to go on an adventure is

“On a Mish” #354 Depressingly Motivating. Christchurch to Te Anau and Back Again. 25.10.2022. My approach to my injury recovery lately has been very similar

“On a Mish” #396 An Audience with Aoraki (Part Three). Red Tarns Track. Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. 11.3.2024. I’m sure that those who have

“On a Mish” #58 Crackers & Cheeseman (Part Two). Mt Cheeseman(2031m). Craigieburn Forest Park. 31.8.2016. The small New Zealand ski industry kept my winter months

“On a Mish” #98 Everyday is Different – Part One. The Humpridge Track. Fiordland National Park. 25.4.2011. Hidden away on New Zealand’s rugged south coast

“On a Mish” #430 A Night Out Under the Stars (Part Two). Boyd Creek Camp, Countess Range. Southland. 21.1.2025. A night in the wild can