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New Zealand: Hop Harvest 2021

April 4, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

The mornings grow darker with autumn’s approach. I step out of the van in to the cold air. Light glows around the edge of the curtains of the two caravans […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Kentishman Hops

April 1, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I tell myself a lie. I don’t need an alarm. The truth is I am an early riser. I wake up at 6:42am. Did I wake up naturally or did […]

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New Zealand: Motueka

March 7, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I returned to Nelson under the impression I had approximately one week to sort my life out. In the car park on the edge of town emergency sirens began to […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Mount Travers

New Zealand: The Travers-Sabine Circuit

February 24, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

There was nothing left to do but drive, so I did. Around the outskirts of Christchurch, over Lewis Pass. The rain caught up with me, hitching a ride all the […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Sealy Tarns Lookout

New Zealand: Aoraki-Mount Cook

February 21, 2021by Christoph_Orr 3 Comments

Having left Fiordland in the rearview mirror I began my crawl North. I had another one of those nights where I wake up and have no idea where I am. […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Gulliver Valley

New Zealand: Fiordland

February 17, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

On the Routeburn Track, stuck in Routeburn Falls Hut, Hut Warden John had given me some suggestions. “On a dry day,” he said “take your tent up on Gertrude Saddle […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Mackinnon Pass View

New Zealand: The Milford Track

February 7, 2021by Christoph_Orr 7 Comments

The flashing lights of an ambulance approach from the far end of the road. The flashing lights are never an ambulance. There are two pilot vehicles flagging the traffic down. […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Cloud Piercing Peaks

New Zealand: The Routeburn-Caples

February 3, 2021by Christoph_Orr 2 Comments

What can I do? Keep going. Squeezing out as much adventure as possible. After a day of rest at Lowburn Harbour I have a day in hand to prepare for […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
A Morning at Liverpool Hut

New Zealand: Liverpool Hut

January 27, 2021by Christoph_Orr 3 Comments

For the first time overnight I find the van is too hot. Having sat in the sun for four days, with little time for the doors and windows to be […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Mount Dreadful

New Zealand: The Gillespie Pass

January 25, 2021by Christoph_Orr 1 Comment

Wanaka then. Being a sunny Sunday in the summer holidays is full of people. No matter, I have more chores to do than I have time to spend trying to […]

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