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White Cliffs Walkway

New Zealand: Taranaki

September 20, 2020by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I stare up at a thin crust of white over grey plastic. A night so cold the condensation formed ice crystals on the ceiling. Outside, the grass glistens. Crystals of […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Whangārei Heads

September 8, 2020by Christoph_Orr 1 Comment

There were still more days to get through. Auckland would be moving to Alert Level 2 on Sunday night. Come Monday I would be able to blast through. Able, at […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: The Karikari Peninsula

September 2, 2020by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

6 months have passed since I last turned up for work. 6 months ago I stepped on to a plane feeling mildly anxious about catching the virus which was slowly […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Cape Brett

August 20, 2020by Christoph_Orr 2 Comments

Things start to go wrong with another severe weather warning. The plan was to hit Spirits Bay. The road in is supposedly treacherous at the best of times, but especially […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Smuggler's Bay

New Zealand: The Whangārei Coast

August 16, 2020by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I left Auckland wondering how hard I was going to find readjusting to hashtag van life after a few days of living indoors. Four nights it turns out, was not […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Piha Sunset

New Zealand: Back To Auckland

August 12, 2020by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I’d spent the night in Kaiaua. Almost in the exact same spot I’d been in when the lockdown was announced. I’ve completed my first circuit but I’m nowhere close to […]

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New Zealand: Tramping in the Kamai-Mamaku Forest Park

August 5, 2020by Christoph_Orr 1 Comment

I left Pike and Kelly with instructions to visit the Coromandel Coastal Walkway and the hope I’d run into them again somewhere down the road. I was going to another […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Coastal Walkway Sugar Loaf

New Zealand: The Coromandel Coastal Walkway

July 26, 2020by Christoph_Orr 6 Comments

I’d spent the morning in Whitihanga’s library, using the free wifi, hiding from rain that still hadn’t arrived. Annoyed I’d wasted dry hours, restless, I went for a run around […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Cathedral Cove

New Zealand: Cathedral Cove

July 22, 2020by Christoph_Orr 5 Comments

The rain in Waihi signalled the beginning of the end, only the end of the good weather though. I was now on a mission, to see as much as I […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Tarawera River

New Zealand: Sulphur and Snow

July 8, 2020by Christoph_Orr 4 Comments

I’d made up my mind, I was driving inland. I finally left Whakatane. The promise of hot pools and hiking trails pushed me towards Rotorua. I turned away from the coast […]

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