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Kaikoura Peninsula - Time to Stretch the Legs
There aren’t many benefits to being injured, but one of the small benefits is I am usually available for anything not in...
Into the Unknown - Duncans Stream Camp (Part Two)
The ease of access to epic environments is excellent in Aotearoa, especially in the South Island. Ocean, alps, lakes and...
Into the Unknown - Duncans Stream Camp (Part One)
Any day above 1000m in New Zealand is a good one, an expression that was difficult to make reality after my hip accident...
Forces of Nature (Part Three) - Birdwood Range / Fanghill Stream
With all of the epicness of being reintroduced into the outdoors came the only downside to these wild adventures. The bo...
Forces of Nature (Part Two) - Birdwood Range / Fanghill Stream
Mother Nature can be a powerful beast sometimes. A wild storm can sneak up on you, and strike when you least suspect. Wh...
Forces of Nature (Part One) - Wilberforce Riverbed / Birdwood Range
Sometimes when you explain a mish to someone it can make that fact that you are doing it for pleasure sound a little bit...
One Step at a Time - Peters Valley
I have mentioned the similarities between Queenstown and Hanmer Springs before, but a major difference between the two p...
Lockdown 2020
2020 was going well until the 11th of January, this was when a large commercial fridge door on a cruise ship slammed int...
Hiking on History - Bridle Path Walkway
The large lumps of volcanic debris that make up the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula were a barrier for early settlers in...
Nanny Goes Camping - 82 Years Young, and on a Mish
Some of my earliest memories are of heading down to Rakaia to see Nanny and Fossil (my late Granddad). The whole whanau...
Kaitorete Spit Camp - The Case of the Disappearing Dog
The 25km barren but beautiful stretch of land that runs from Birdlings Flat to the outlet of Te Waihora / Lake Ellesmere...
A Wander to Wharfedale - Wharfedale Hut
Just before Ashley Gorge in the foothills of Canterbury is a fairly unassuming road climbing its way up out of the Cante...
Lake Emma Circuit
There are twelve tranquil lakes in Hakatere Conservation Area, and along with the upper Rangitata River, makes up the ve...
A Dog and Bob (Part Two) - Bobs Camp Bivouac
Of all the adventures I have gone on with my fur-covered friend, Bobs Bivvy is definitely one of my favourites. More tha...
A Dog & Bob (Part One) - Bobs Camp Bivouac
As long as you can put up with the cold, the fresh crisp air of winter always makes for good hiking in my mind. No overh...
Me. A Dog. And Mt Herbert(919m) - Te Ahu Patiki / Mt Herbert(919m)
Nothing better than taking full strides up a mountainside with your four legged best mate by your side. Not often you he...
Crackers & Cheeseman (Part Three) - Mt Cheeseman(2031m)
A mountain is merely a mass of mounded material. Many just look and then carry on with their business. But a few look at...
Crackers & Cheeseman (Part Two) - Mt Cheeseman(2031m)
The small New Zealand ski industry kept my winter months busy for six years. I would make the trip from the south to Chr...
Crackers & Cheeseman (Part One) - Mt Cheeseman(2031m)
For years I have visited the sunny slopes of Mt Cheeseman Ski field. Along with the pleasant terrain and friendly atmosp...
The Loop Over Little Mt Peel - Huatekerekere / Little Mt Peel(1311m)
The flatness of the Canterbury Plains ends abruptly with the rising of the Canterbury Foothills. A series of lumps slowl...
Monumental! The Monument(711m)
Banks Peninsula is now covered in farms and small settlements. This makes it hard to think that it was once a mighty vol...
The Wizards Hat - Gibraltar Rock(503m)
The scattered remains of the once mighty Te Ara Pataka Volcano now make up Christchurch’s Ports Hills. These hills are a...
The Sea of White - Climbers Corner, Haupapa Tasman Glacier
It is incredible that what you see from Aoraki Mt Cook Village is only a small taste of what’s on offer in the land of N...
The Longest Driveway - Quail Flat (Part Two)
New Zealand’s longest driveway had taken us deep into the Kaikoura Mountains on a sunny day. The drive in had its moment...