Some T.A. travel stats
Total Days | Complete Sun | Cloudy but dry | Damp at times | Man o’ Man | ||
Northland | 24 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |
Auckland | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Waikato | 17 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | |
Whanganui | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Manawatu | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
Wellington | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Nelson/Marl | 38 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
West Coast | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
Canterbury |
our KM | Rest Day | A stroll | Made to work | Man o’ Man | |
Northland | 378 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Auckland | 137 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Waikato | 202 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Whanganui | 165 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Manawatu | 84 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wellington | 97 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Nelson/Marl | 372 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
West Coast | 89 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Food ideas – on the way
- Breakfast – given free advocados! Otherwise oat satchets and one square meal, BuytheGram museli from Taumaranui
- Lunch – wraps with capsicum pesto, salami and brie!!
- Dinner – Black packet back country – coq au Vin my fav, beef bourginon also yummy
- Snacks – Canterbury Biltong (thanks Ben)
What needed to be replaced/renewed?
- Gas canisters = 4
- Walking stick = 2 (Pete’s, both broken in Northland forests)
- Beanie =1 (lost overboard on manic crossing at Whangarei Heads.
- Sunglasses =1 (pete on Whanganui River)
- sun hat =2 ( pete, first one too hot, whanganui river ate second one)
- Wasp stings = 6 (Pete – 2 x Lake Sumner, 1 x St James, KK – 1 x St James, Travers Sabine, Sumner)
Best post-tramp grub
4-stars (recommend after tramp)
Hamburger – Mangamuka Diary, Whananaki Beach store
5-stars (great any day)
Steak pie – Salt Air cafe, Ngunguru, Hororata Pie Shop