TA day 24,25 and 26 3 zero days in Auckland
0 km and 0 hours Time to rest and do some shopping. I bought a new pair of hiking poles and did some resupply. Also used time to rest and let my small injuries heals up.
Author: antoine
TA day 23 Stillwater to Auckland
34 km total 582 km 8hours total 160 hours For once I will have to start late. Because the low tide for the estuary crossing was at 16h00 I had to wait in camp before setting of at 15h00. With the good explanation from the Stillwater motor camp owner , the crossing went well. Then […]
TA day 22 Puhoi to Stillwater
28km total 548km 11h total 152h with 3 hours break waiting for the low tide After getting back to the road from my sleeping place I road walked to the Wenderholm regional Park and crossed the small hill from the Couldrey House to Waiwera. There the next section was on beaches and on rocks. As […]
TA day 21 Dome Valley to Puhoi
31km total 520km 7h30 total 141h Youhouuuuu the 500k symbolic distance is done. It was a good feeling and compensated a bit with the scorching heat of the day. It isn’t even the up and down that kill me but more the heat which means the tmy body isn’t avlent to cool down quick enough. […]
TA day 20 Pakiri beach to Dome Valley.
26km total 489km 9h total 132h30 After a good coffee it was time to head to the forest. I started late and regretted it a little because of the heat. It is one of the days where I sweated quite a lot. The first summit Omaha Forest) was more or less easy but the second […]
TA day 19 Mangawhai Heads to Pakiri beach
28km total 463km 8h30 total 123h30 On today’s program was some road walk and some beach walk to connect to the next forest track. I took my second breakfast at Mangawhai and had also another good flat white there. Then the trail goes further on dusty gravel road. Finally you arrive the first beach you’ll […]
TA day 18 Uretiti camp to Mangawhai Heads
36km total 435km 10h (with a big coffee break) total 115hours Today was a long day. After a late start and a small beach walk, I hiked on the road to Waipu where I had a nice coffee break. At noon it was time to go further. After another gravel road walk to get to […]
TA day 17 Jagger’s camp to Ureiti beach camp(Ruakaka).
32km total 399 km. 10h total 105 hours. After a nice walk on the beach the trail up to Bream’s Head was supposed to be closed but to my delight it was open. It isgreat pleasure that I hauled myself up the first mountain through the numerous stairs. I passed through an old WWII radar […]
TA day 16 Nikau camp to Jagger’s camp (ocean Beach)
27km total 367km 9 hours total 105 hours Today is wadding day! After a late start in order to get to the first estuary at low tide, I hiked slowly under the hot sun. The first crossing was easier than planned thanks to the good marking of the trail. Then came a few kilometers of […]
TA day 15 Whananaki to Nikau camp (Ngunguru)
27km Total 340km 7h30 including a 1h burger and ice cream break. Total 96hours Nice start! After crossing the longest footbridge from the south emisphere (used by the children to get to school). The trail goes on the Whananaki coastal track. And there were stunning views from there. Together with the fantastic weather I really […]