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Hiking Gaiters: How to Sew the Best DIY Gaiters
Gaiters are the best thing ever for a hiker. They keep rocks and dirt out of your shoes preventing you from having to stop every few hundred metres and empty rocks out of…
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Underground Bunkers, Peaches and Skyscrapers – Hiking through Auckland
Coming into Auckland the trail kept sending us on and off the beach, it couldn’t make up its mind. We found some caves along the beach. They didn’t go into the cliff very…
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Streams, Ferries, Beaches and a Tsunami Freak-out
We stayed a night at a caravan park in Paihia. It was $86 for one night and all we got was a tiny patch of grass and bad facilities! But I did get…
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Te Araroa – the First 100 km of Tramping
We were all pretty nervous as we started to hike the Te Araroa. It was really foggy when we left the lighthouse at Cape Reinga and there wasn’t much in the way of…
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Three Days to go!
That’s right, we’ve only got three days until we get on a plane and fly away to the land of the long white cloud! I don’t really feel excited or stress – I…
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Ultra-Light, Ultra-Cheap Sleeping Bags
My dad was so tight that he didn’t want to buy proper, small and lightweight sleeping bags. My dad, the great shopper that he is, found ones that were only 19AUD and figured…
