Best of 2019 – Hiking overseas
For the first time I did more hiking overseas than in New Zealand this year, walking in the Himalayas, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Europe. Looking back on the…
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Best of 2019 – Tramping in New Zealand
I did most of my hiking overseas this year, in Australia, Switzerland and Bhutan, but walked some great tracks in New Zealand as warm ups for those longer trips. The…
Auckland day walks ranked
There are almost no multi-day walks near Auckland, but thankfully there are many decent day walks, often along spectacular coastlines. Sadly the Waitakere Ranges are almost entirely closed now, to…
New Zealand day walks ranked
There’s a lot to be said for shorter walks. They may lack the sense of escape that a multi-day walk brings, but they can often match the scenery and carrying…
Kokoda Track – Isurava Memorial to Kokoda
My last day walking the Kokoda Track. This was a wonderful way to spend a week learning about Papua New Guinean culture and village life, the fighting that took place…
Kokoda Track – Templeton’s Crossing I to Isurava Memorial
My penultimate day walking the Kokoda Track. I’ve been off the grid hiking or at sea plenty of times before but never as totally or for as long. It wasn’t…
Kokoda Track – Efogi to Templeton’s Crossing I
Just as I thought I had a good understanding of what to expect on the Kokoda Track day five caught me by surprise. The terrain and most notably the weather…
Kokoda Track – Menari to Efogi
Day four on the Kokoda Track was the easiest, with only three hours of walking, followed by a relaxed time in Efogi. This is one of the larger villages along…
Kokoda Track – Nauro to Menari
Another great day walking the Kokoda Track, after three days I was enjoying it more than I expected to be honest. I’d expected some challenging hiking with few views, interesting…
Kokoda Track – Va’ule Creek to Nauro
Day two on the Kokoda Track was the hardest, taking around six and a half hours of fast paced hiking in high humidity to cover about 17km. There are almost…
Kokoda Track – Owers’ Corner to Va’ule Creek
Well known to Australians but far less to others, the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea was the site of one of the key battles in the Pacific during WW2.…
Hakarimata Walkway & Huntly
One of the best walks I’ve done relatively close to Auckland, the Hakarimata Walkway is an absolute gem close to Huntly. Huntly is somewhere that most people drive through on…
New Zealand tramps (multi-day walks) ranked
In the past five and a half years since starting with the Routeburn Track, I’ve done 24 multi-day walks (known as tramps in New Zealand), including all of the Great…
Tableland Circuit
A great weekend walk, the Tableland Circuit offers some of the best views in Kahurangi National Park (also home to the better known Heaphy Track) and some eclectic accommodation options.…
Cape Le Grand National Park
One tenth the size of Fitzgerald River National Park, but seemingly home to ten times the number of visitors (though this is Western Australia so still tiny numbers comparatively), Cape…
Mt William Walkway
Just south of Bombay, the Mount William Walkway offers stunning views from some of the highest vantage points in the Auckland region. Only 40 minutes drive from the CBD, it’s…
Te Ara Hura
A relatively unknown Auckland gem, Te Ara Hura is 100km of connected tracks and trails around the Waiheke Island, only 40 mins by ferry from downtown Auckland. Particularly now the…
Mt Holdsworth-Jumbo Circuit
One of the best known tracks in the Tararuas, a popular forest park a couple of hours north of Wellington, the Mt Holdsworth-Jumbo Circuit is a 24km loop running through…
Inca Quarry Trail
A far less busy alternative to the Inca Trail, the Quarry Trail is a 26km, two and a half day walk that is effectively a loop from Ollantaytambo, a popular…
Best of 2018 – Hiking overseas
This year I ventured overseas for the longest and hardest hikes I’ve done to date, enjoying some of the most spectacular scenery I’ve seen. Hiking in Australia and Europe was…