Day 5
Sep 5 day 5 Ahipara to Digger Valley Road 24 km 7:30-4:30 Started out beautiful, barely a cloud in the sky as the rains had come on hard all night but dissipated by morning. Made coffee in kitchen before leaving, then strolled through town, stopping to get a juice before striking out of town. The […]
Day 4
Sep 4 day 4 free camp to Ahipara YHA 13 km 8:45-11:15 Woke up to roosters, and a cool but bright morning. Had coffee in the kitchen before setting off for a short morning stroll and the last of the beach hiking. Became cloudy and started to rain just was I arrived, got bunk room […]
Day 3
Sep 3 day 3 free camp to Holiday Campground 40 km 7:15-4:00 Carefully packed in the rain, hoping to keep much of the equipment dry, though all was completely covered in sand. Of course it started to rain just as I was finishing up. Got out to the beach at 7:15 and, just like Robinson […]
Day 2
Sep 2 day 2 Twilight beach campground to free camp 35 km 7:00- 3:30 Day started out beautifully, clear sky, sun, not to hot. Up and over Scott’s point, then down onto 90 Mile beach (which is more like 85 km beach). Hiked almost entire day without seeing a sign of anyone. Sand was firm, […]
Day 1
Sep 1. Day 1 Cape Reinga to Twilight Beach campground 12 Km 1:00-4:00 Cape Reinga is the Springer Mountain of the TA. There is no public transport from Kaitaia up Highway 1 to the cape, the northernmost point in NZ, so I negotiated a trip with a tour group who were driving up the highway […]