Today I’m excited to be hosting a post from a friend and fellow blogger – Monica Shaw. I met Monica when she stayed with us at the small campsite I run here in France, and she offered to write a post … [Read more...]
Hiking Cape Raoul, Tasmania
The first big view of the walk out to Cape Raoul, Tasmania. One of my favourite walks in Tasmania was the five hour return hike out to Cape Raoul, on the Tasman Peninsula. This is a hike that takes … [Read more...]
The Best Day Hikes in New Zealand
After a year in Australia, I summarised my three favourite day hikes in that wondrous country. It seems only fair therefore to give New Zealand a similar treatment, particularly since hiking (or … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Taranaki in photos
Mount Taranaki is the second highest mountain on New Zealand’s north island, at 2517m (around 8500ft for you folks on the imperial system). The climb up it is a gruelling 17km hike, and this is … [Read more...]
More lakes and mountains in Tongariro
Our time in the Tongariro National Park – the spectacular dual world heritage site on New Zealand’s North Island – is dwindling to an end. The four months we’ve spent here … [Read more...]
Day hikes: what you need to know
Living in the shadow of one of New Zealand’s top day hikes means I get regularly asked about what sort of preparation folks need to do in order to have a comfortable and safe walk. It’s a … [Read more...]
The Pillars of Hercules
The Tongariro National Park and it’s surroundings, I am starting to realise, are a little bit like Venice. Full of canals and gondolas. No wait. Well, actually there are some canals, but … [Read more...]
Taranaki Falls
The Tongariro National Park, which I am living beside, is largely famous (and a dual World Heritage site) because of the three rather awesome giant mountains that sit within it. But an 80,000 hectare … [Read more...]