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TA day 140 Invercargill to Stirling Points

Posted on 25/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine
TA day 140 Invercargill to Stirling Points

33km total 3006km 7 hours I woke up early this morning. It was around 4:15 but anyway I wasn’t really sleeping because I guess of the excitement. It is not everyday that you finish a three thousands kilometers adventure. I pack my tent in the pitch dark night and make myself on the way. The […]

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TA day 139 Colac Bay to Invercargill

Posted on 24/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine
TA day 139 Colac Bay to Invercargill

45 km total 2973km 11 hours The weather today is as bad as yesterday. We decided to go on and keep walking. There is this lockdown coming in two days but other than two slightly panicked TA walkers we didn’t knew much about it. And my phone was definitely dead so I didn’t know what […]

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TA day 138 Martin’s hut to Colac Bay

Posted on 23/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine

30km total 2898km 9 hours After a nice night in the old hut it was time to attack the last bit of forest of Te Araroa. After a little bit of mud the water race track begins. Over twenty two kilometers of zigzagging track following the old water race on the side of the mountain. […]

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TA day 137 Merriview hut to Martin’s hut

Posted on 22/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine

28km total 2898km 9 hours Last mountains on Te Araroa ! Mixed feelings too. On one hand no more boring walk through muds and endless forest but then on the other hand no more trail at all. After a good breakfast completed by fresh hard eggs I walk up the road then go back to […]

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TA day 135 Telsford campsite to Birchwood Station

Posted on 20/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine

27 km total 2843 km Kinda of a early wake up for me. As the mouse destroyed my night of rest it was time to get going after finishing cleaning the mess this little piece of mammals created in my tent. I left the camp around eight as the others campers were still camping. The […]

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TA day 134 Aparima hut to Telsford campsite

Posted on 19/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine
TA day 134 Aparima hut to Telsford campsite

21km total 2816km 9 hours And another forest day! At least there will be less and less of it on my way to Bluff. But right now it is time to say goodbye to the hut and enjoy the cold weather to walk faster through the roots, stream and muddy parts of the trail. The […]

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TA day 133 Princhester Road (Te Anau) to Aripama hut

Posted on 18/03/202014/04/2020 by antoine
TA day 133 Princhester Road (Te Anau) to Aripama hut

22 km total 2795km 7 hours After getting a lift from two nice American hiking women and a three kilometers walk on the state highway it was time to walk back on Te Araroa. The first bit of the day was a boring gravel road through farmland but at list the view of the mountains […]

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TA day 129 Greenstone car park to Taipo hut

Posted on 17/03/202031/03/2020 by antoine
TA day 129 Greenstone car park to Taipo hut

22km total 2701 km 6 hours After some good rest days in Queenstown it was time to get back on the trail. It is all lazy and with a backpack full of food that I left Greenstone after Christian drove me there on the gravel road all around lake Wakatipu. The sunny weather and easy […]

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TA day 130 Taipo hut to Km 2739

Posted on 17/03/202017/03/2020 by antoine
TA day 130 Taipo hut to Km 2739

38 km total 2739 km 10 hours After a good night on the large two person mattresses from the hut, I crossed the river with the swing bridge back to the swampy track. The track makes my progress quite slow but then I can spend more time enjoying the landscape. I walk accross a couple […]

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TA day 132 zero in Te Anau

Posted on 17/03/202017/03/2020 by antoine
TA day 132 zero in Te Anau

0 km total 2773km I am feeling tired today and not in a hurry to finish the trail. Good opportunity to get some food and take my time to resupply in town as well as get some rest.

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