
My Hip and the Havelock Valley (Part One) – Havelock Valley
“On a Mish” #97 My Hip and the Havelock Valley (Part One). Havelock Valley. Hakatere Conservation Park.18.5.2020. Back in 2020 the world was plunged into
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” #97 My Hip and the Havelock Valley (Part One). Havelock Valley. Hakatere Conservation Park.18.5.2020. Back in 2020 the world was plunged into

“On a Mish” #219 While the World Fell Apart (Part Five). Patea / Doubtful Sound. Aotearoa. 24.3.2020. 2020 was a strange year for everyone. No

“On a Mish” #219 While the World Fell Apart (Part Four). Patea / Doubtful Sound. Aotearoa. 23.3.2020. A huge benefit to working in remote locations

“On a Mish” #219 While the World Fell Apart (Part Three). Patea / Doubtful Sound. Aotearoa. 23.3.2020. Fiordland National Park is one of only a

“On a Mish” #219 While the World Fell Apart (Part Two). Te Anau / Patea Doubtful Sound. Aotearoa. 22.3.2020. Normally Aotearoa watches the world from

“On a Mish” #219 While the World Fell Apart (Part One). Queenstown / Te Anau. Aotearoa. 20.3.2020. I was surprised to learn that Aotearoa had

“On a Mish” #88 The Last Big Mish (Part Three). Sunny Creek Basin. Fiordland National Park. 6.1.2020. Strangely, I would suffer my greatest injury on

“On a Mish” #88 The Last Big Mish (Part Two). Sunny Creek Basin. Fiordland National Park. 5.1.2020. The classic saying of “you never know what

“On a Mish” #88 The Last Big Mish (Part One). Sunny Creek Basin. Fiordland National Park. 4.1.2020. As 2019 turned into 2020 I’m sure no

“On a Mish” #234 One Long Day in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Canada. 19.12.2019. The norm for me when on adventures is being in the wilderness with

“On a Mish” #448 An Introduction to Awesomeness (Part One). Mararoa River. Mavora Lakes Park. Southland. 4.2.2026. It is no secret that Georgie and I

“On a Mish” #352 Grandeur on Steroids (Part Four). Upper Rakaia River (Evans Hut to Upper Rakaia). Canterbury. Aotearoa. 8.10.2022. There aren’t too many places

“On a Mish” #253 Thank You Skateboarding. Te Anau Skatepark, Southland. 9.3.2021. Doing nothing is challenging for me. I always like to be on the

“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” #150 Adventures in Nepal (Part Five). Salme to Megang Danda. 7.11.2018. After a couple of days hiking the team had developed a

“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