New Zealand: Farewell North Island
The time has come to leave New Plymouth. The scent of the Great Walks is strong. I need to continue the journey South. I have options, the coast road to […]
The time has come to leave New Plymouth. The scent of the Great Walks is strong. I need to continue the journey South. I have options, the coast road to […]
On the road out of town I caught glimpses of crusty snow lined ravines. This was as good as the view had been of Mount Taranaki since I arrived in […]
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 […]
I do not go directly for a hot shower. There are things to be done first. There’s a trail climbing up the side of the Hakarimata ranges. I’m loading up […]
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 […]
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 […]
With Paihia beginning to feel like home I knew I couldn’t stay in the Bay of Islands any longer. Things had to change. Ideally the forecast would change too. A […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]