
Back to the Big Trees – Big Totara Reserve (Dean Forest)
“On a Mish” #444 Back to the Big Trees. Big Totara Reserve. Dean Forest (Southland). 4.12.2025. Aotearoa New Zealand is a little country with many
An accident at the start of 2020 turned out to be a good thing… Thanks to a fridge door I was sidelined for all of 2020 and what seemed like a death sentence turned into NzHikes.co.nz! If I have been forced to sit around, then I’m not going to sit around and do nothing!! One story became 20… 50… and now over 300 tales from the mountains of New Zealand and around the world….

“On a Mish” #444 Back to the Big Trees. Big Totara Reserve. Dean Forest (Southland). 4.12.2025. Aotearoa New Zealand is a little country with many

“On a Mish” #445 Determination (Part Two). North Mavora Lake. Mavora Lakes Conservation Area. 22.11.2025. Determination is what carries you the last couple of kilometres

“On a Mish” #445 Determination (Part One). North Mavora Lake. Mavora Lakes Conservation Area. 22.11.2025. Determination is a powerful tool we have in our arsenal,

“On a Mish” #442 No Place Like Nepal. Thamel Eco Resort. Kathmandu, Nepal. 21.10.2025. There really is no other place on earth like Nepal (at

“On a Mish” #443 The Rewards of an Unknown Track (Part Two). North Mavora Lake. Mavora Lakes Reserve. 11.10.2025. It is amazing that you can

“On a Mish” #443 The Rewards of an Unknown Track (Part One). North Mavora Lake. Mavora Lakes Reserve. 10.10.2025. Not knowing where you are going

“On a Mish” #440 Between Two Lakes (Part Two). Mararoa River. Mavora Lakes Camping Ground. Southland. 25.8.2025. Camping is a simple pastime that brings much

“On a Mish” #440 Between Two Lakes (Part One). Mararoa River. Mavora Lakes Camping Ground. Southland. 24.8.2025. Coldness is a foe that can be defeated

“On a Mish” #439 Wet Feet in Fiordland (Part Four). West Cleddau Valley to Chasm. Fiordland National Park. Southland. 11.8.2025. If you don’t like wet

“On a Mish” #439 Wet Feet in Fiordland (Part Three). West Cleddau Valley. Fiordland National Park. Southland. 11.8.2025. It would be nice to have every

“A Mish a Day” #87 Middle Mt Peel(1583m) – Part Two. Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve. 31.5.2011. We are so lucky to have long days

“On a Mish” #179 Follow a Man Named John Smith (Part Two). Dry Creek (Little Man Creek). Whataroa. 21.7.2009. After visiting certain locations many times

“On a Mish” #370 Movies at Mistake Flat (Part Two). Mesopotamia Station to Growler Hut. Hakatere Conservation Park. 24.3.2023. A mission is an chance to

“On a Mish” #281 Frozen Feet (Part One). Cameron Valley. Hakatere Conservation Area. 1.5.2014. Not many would go through hell and then return for more.

“On a Mish” #106 Transported to Middle Earth (Part One). Mt Sunday(611m). Hakatere Conservation Park. 17.7.2017. As you round a small corner on the Hakatere

“On a Mish” #145 The Last of the Borland Peaks – Part Two. Mt Borland(1547m). Fiordland National Park. 24.3.2019. I seem to wake often when