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” #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” #347 The Waiting Game – Part Three. Taramakau Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 18.9.2022. Sometimes when out ‘on a mish’ you play
“On a Mish” #347 The Waiting Game – Part Two. Taramakau Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 17.9.2022. For those out there who want an injury
“On a Mish” #347 The Waiting Game – Part One. Taramakau Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 17.9.2022. I am not the biggest soccer fan, however
“On a Mish” #346 The Windy-Force Valley (Part Three). Wilberforce Valley / River. West Canterbury. 31.8.2022. If I had to choose one aspect of the
“On a Mish” #346 The Windy-Force Valley (Part Two). Wilberforce Valley / River. West Canterbury. 30.8.2022. Fabric flapping frantically for an entire night is probably
“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
“On a Mish” #345 Stress Free in the ‘Place To Be’ – Part Three. Poulter Valley / Waimakariri Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 23.8.2022. The
“On a Mish” #345 Stress Free in the ‘Place To Be’ – Part Two. Poulter Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 22.8.2022. Even the word stress
“On a Mish” #345 Stress Free in the ‘Place to Be’ – Part One. Waimakariri Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 22.8.2022. Stress can prevent the
“On a Mish” #186 Going Guided (Part Two). Whakatipu Ka Tuka / The Hollyford Track. Fiordland National Park. 25.1.2016. By 2016 I had spent nearly
“On a Mish” #142 Red Skies Above (Part Two). Takitimu Tops Camp. Takitimu Conservation Area. 17.3.2018. There are times when you don’t need a weather
“On a Mish” #78 Stunned by Spectacularness (Part One). Caples / Greenstone Loop. Lake Wakatipu / Greenstone Conservation Area & Fiordland National Park. 23.1.2011. It
“On a Mish” #389 An Appropriate Place (Part Two). Dogs Hill(1067m). Hakatere Conservation Park. 31.1.2023. I’m sure that many legends have had their ashes spread
“On a Mish” #366 A Dog Chooses His Owner (Part One). Dogs Hill. Hakatere Conservation Park. 9.2.2023. I never planned on owning a dog. The
“On a Mish” #381 A Taste of Alpine Life (Part Two). Potts Range / Erewhon Park (Almost). Hakatere Conservation Park. 31.7.2023. The taste of alpine
