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- tramping New Zealand
- Te Araroa | The Long Pathway
- 44 tramping routes
- Queen Charlotte Track | Marlborough Sounds
- Coastal Track | Abel Tasman National Park
- Inland Track | Abel Tasman National Park
- Ministry of Works Historic Hut route, Kahurangi National Park
- Dragons Teeth route | Kahurangi National Park
- Heaphy Track | Kahurangi National Park
- Leslie-Karamea track | Kahurangi National Park
- Wangapeka Track | Kahurangi National Park
- Kākāpo River loop, Kahurangi National Park
- Mt Richmond route, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Alpine Route | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Matiri Ridge route | Kahurangi National Park
- Old Ghost Road, Kahurangi National Park/Lyell-Radiant Conservation Area
- Leatham/Molesworth route | Marlborough
- Travers-Sabine circuit | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Nelson Lakes big circuit | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Burn/Nardoo Loop, Nelson Lakes National Park
- East West route | Marlborough
- Lewis Pass - Lake Rotoiti | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Paparoa Track, Paparoa National Park
- St James Walkway | North Canterbury
- Harper Pass | North Canterbury/West Coast
- Harman Pass | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Toaroha/Frew Saddles Track | West Coast
- Copland Track | South Westland
- Haast Paringa Cattle Track | South Westland
- Motatapu Track | Arrowtown to Wanaka
- Cascade River to Martins Bay coast route | South Westland
- Pyke - Big Bay Route | Pyke Forest
- Hollyford Track | Fiordland National Park
- Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Routeburn Track | Fiordland/ Mt Aspiring National Parks
- Milford Track | Fiordland National Park
- Caples Track | Greenstone Conservation Area
- Greenstone Track | Greenstone Conservation Area
- Mavora Greenstone Walkway | Mavora Lakes Conservation Park
- Kepler Track | Fiordland National Park
- Lake Monowai, Fiordland National Park
- South Coast Track | Southern Fiordland
- Rakiura Track | Rakiura National Park
- North West Circuit | Rakiura National Park
- combined North West + Southern Circuit | Rakiura National Park
- Southern Circuit | Rakiura National Park
- Tin Range route | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island/Rakiura
- a tramping philosophy
- safety concerns
- Survivor bias
- Personal Locator Beacon/Search and Rescue
- weather and wind
- winter/spring tramping in the South Island
- River crossing | The New Zealand Death
- Ultra light-weight tramping—an ultra high risk strategy
- GPS app or paper maps?
- hunters and guns
- group, the two of us or solo?
- training for tramping? Right
- Overseas versus New Zealand tracks
- Norovirus. What you also need to know
- Clean water? Not what you may think
- food & gear
- food, glorious food, maybe
- dehydrating your own tramping meals, easy-peasy
- tramping costs, it all adds up
- what to wear: two sets of clothes
- tramping clothes: the wet set
- tramping clothes: the dry set
- a you-beaut tramping pack
- tramping boots and gaiters
- cookin', ie, stoves for tramping
- medical equipment
- sleeping bag
- hiking poles
- health & hygiene
- 632 popular huts and campsites
- DOC hut and camping fees and categories
- Hut étiquette, ie, manners
- Top 10 tramping huts
- Whacky DOC accommodation you might try
- Te Araroa huts and campsites
- Abel Tasman Coastal Track huts and campsites
- Anchorage Hut | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Awaroa Hut | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Akersten Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Anapai Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Anchorage campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Apple Tree Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Awaroa campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Bark Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Bark Bay Hut | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Mutton Cove campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Onetahuti Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Te Pukatea Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Tinline campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Tonga Quarry campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Torrent Bay Village campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Totaranui Great Walk campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Waiharakeke Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Watering Cove campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Whariwharangi Bay campsite | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Whariwharangi Bay Hut | Abel Tasman Coastal Track
- Abel Tasman Inland Track huts and campsites
- Mt Richmond huts
- Browning Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Butchers Flat campsite | Wakamarina Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Captains Creek Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Devils Hut | Wakamarina Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Devils Hut — historic | Wakamarina Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Dun Mountain Shelter | (almost) Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Emerald Pool campsite | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Fishtail Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Fosters Hut | Wakamarina Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Hacket Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Hunters Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Kahikatea Flat campsite | Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve
- Lake Chalice Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Lower Goulter Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Mid Goulter Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Mid Wairoa Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Middy Creek Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Mill Flat campsite | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Mt Fell Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Mt Malita Hut | near Richmond Range
- Mt Rintoul Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Mt Sunday Bivvy | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Old Man Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Onamalutu campsite | near Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Porters Creek Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Red Hills Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Richmond Saddle Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Rocks Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Roebuck Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Slaty Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Starveall Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Stone Huts | Wakamarina Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Tarn Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Top Wairoa Hut | Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Marlborough huts and campsites
- Alfred Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia/Clarence Conservation Park
- Barbers Hut, Leatham River area
- Bay of Many Coves campsite | Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds
- Black Birch Bivvy | Ferny Gair Conservation Area
- Black Rock campsite | Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds
- Black Spur Historic Hut, Seymour Stream
- Bluff Dump Historic Hut, Seymour Stream
- Bottom Gordon Hut, Leatham River
- Bottom Misery Hut, Leatham Conservation Area
- Boulder Forks Hut, Leatham River area
- Branch Bivvy, Leatham Conservation Area
- Camp Bay campsite | Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds
- Caves Hut, Leatham River area
- Cowshed Bay campsite | Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds
- Davies Bay campsite | Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds
- Elliot Bivvy, Elliot Stream
- Fidgit Bivvy | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park
- Forbes Hut, (formerly Seymour Hut), Clarence River
- Goose Flat Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park
- Greigs Hut | Leatham Conservation Area
- Hapuku Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park
- Hidden Hut, Wye River
- Isolation Hut | Isolated Hill Scenic Reserve
- Kohutara Bivvy | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia/Clarence Conservation Park
- Kowhai Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park
- Lake Alexander Historic Hut | Ferny Gair Conservation Area
- Lake Alexander Hut | Ferny Gair Conservation Area
- Lake McRae Historic Hut, Lake McRae
- Lake McRae Hut, Lake McRae
- Lees Creek Hut, Upper Wairau River
- Limestone Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park
- Lost Stream Bivvy, Leatham Conservation Area
- Mid Silverstream Hut | Leatham Conservation Area
- Molesworth Cob Cottage campsite, Molesworth
- Mt Fyffe Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Clarence
- Napoleon Bivvy | Isolated Hill Scenic Reserve
- Old Boulder Forks Hut, Leatham River area
- Palmer Bivvy | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia/Clarence Conservation Park
- Palmer Hut | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia/Clarence Conservation Park
- Penk Hut | Ferny Gair Conservation Area
- Rarangi campsite | near Blenheim
- Saxton Hut, Saxton River
- Schoolhouse Bay campsite | Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds
- Sedgemere Sleepout, Rainbow Road
- Severn Hut, Severn River
- Siberia Hut, Leatham Conservation Area
- Team Hut, Saxton River
- Tent Poles Hut, Seymour Stream
- Top Gordon Hut, Gordon Stream
- Top Leatham Hut, Leatham River
- Top Misery Hut, Leatham Conservation Area
- Turkeys Nest Bivvy, Wye River
- Warden Hut, Seymour Stream
- Whites Bay campsite | near Blenheim
- Willows Hut (historic) | Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia/Clarence Conservation Park
- Heaphy Track huts and campsites
- Aorere Shelter campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Brown campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Brown Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Gouland Downs campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Gouland Downs Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Heaphy campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Heaphy Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- James MacKay campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- James MacKay Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Katipo Creek Shelter campsite | Heaphy Track
- Kohaihai Shelter campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Lewis Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Lewis Shelter | Heaphy Track
- Perry Saddle campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Perry Saddle Hut | Heaphy Track
- Saxon campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Saxon Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Scotts Beach campsite | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
- other Kahurangi huts and campsites
- Adelaide Tarn Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Anatoki Bend campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Anatoki Forks Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Asbestos Cottage | Kahurangi National Park
- Balloon Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Belltown Manunui Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Boulder Lake Historic Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Boulder Lake Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Cecil King Historic Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Chaffey Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Cobb Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Cobb River DOC campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Cobb Tent Camp | Kahurangi National Park
- Crow Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Dry Rock Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Ellis Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Fenella Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Flanagans Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Flora Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Ghost Lake Hut | Lyell Range/Radiant Range Conservation Area
- Ghost Lake sleepouts | Lyell Range/Radiant Range Conservation Area
- Goat Creek Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Granity Pass Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Helicopter Flat Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Hurricane Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- John Reid Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Kahurangi Keepers House | Kahurangi National Park
- Kākāpo Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Karamea Bend Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Kings Creek Hut | Wangapeka Track, Kahurangi National Park
- Kiwi Saddle Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Lake Matiri Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Larrikin Creek Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Little Wanganui Gorge Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Lonely Lake Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Lower Gridiron Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Lyell campsite | Kahurangi National Park, almost
- Lyell Saddle Hut | Lyell Range/Radiant Range Conservation Area
- Lyell Saddle sleepouts | Lyell Range/Radiant Range Conservation Area
- Matiri Ridge tarn campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- McConchies Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Ministry of Works Historic Hut / Mackay Downs Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Mokihinui Forks Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Mt Arthur Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Myttons Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- North Branch Stanley River campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Point 744, Anatoki River campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Poor Petes Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Riordans Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Roaring Lion Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Salisbury Lodge | Kahurangi National Park
- Siberia Flat campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Soper Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Specimen Point Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Specimen Point sleepouts | Kahurangi National Park
- Splugeon Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Stag Flat Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Stern Valley Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Stern Valley sleepouts | Kahurangi National Park
- Stone Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Sylvester Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Taipo Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Thor Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Tin Hut Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Trevor Carter Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Trilobite Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Upper Gridiron Shelter | Kahurangi National Park
- Venus Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Waingaro Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Wangapeka Saddle campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Branch Creek Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Johnson River campsite | Kahurangi National Park
- Johnson Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Nelson Lakes huts
- Angelus hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Begley Hut | near Nelson Lakes National Park
- Blue Lake Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Bobs Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Burn Creek goldfield campsite | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Burn Creek Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Bushline Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Caroline Creek Bivvy | Waiau River, North Canterbury
- Coldwater Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Connors Creek Hut | near Nelson Lakes National Park
- Cupola Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Downie Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- D'Urville Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- East Matakitaki Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- George Lyon Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Hopeless Creek Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- John Tait Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Lakehead Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Mole Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Morgans Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Mt Misery Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Nardoo Creek campsites | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Nardoo Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Nardoo Tops tarn campsite | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Paske Hut | near Nelson Lakes National Park
- Sabine Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Speargrass Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Tiraumea Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Upper D'Urville Bivvy | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Upper Travers Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- Waiau Forks campsite | Nelson Lakes National Park
- West Sabine Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park
- West Coast huts and bivvies
- Adams Flat Hut | Kahurangi National Park
- Architect Creek Hut | Copland Track
- Barn Bay private hut | Cascade to Martins Bay coast route, South Westland
- Big River Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Blue River Hut (Blowfly Hut) | Haast Paringa Cattle Trail
- Bluff Hut, Hokitika River
- Buckland Peaks Hut | Stewardship Land
- Callery Creek campsite | Barn Bay to Big Bay coastal route
- Cedar Flat Historic Hut, Toaroha River
- Cedar Flat Hut, Toaroha River
- Ces Clarke Hut | Paparoa Track Great Walk
- Coppermine Creek Hut | Haast Paringa Cattle Trail
- Crystal Bivvy, Toaroha River
- Dickie Spur Hut, Stewardship Land
- Douglas Rock Hut | Copland Track
- Frew Hut, Whitcombe River
- Frew Saddle Bivvy, Frew Creek
- Garden Gully Hut | Croesus Track/Paparoa Track
- Gorge River Hut | Barn Bay to Big Bay coast route
- Grassy Flat Hut | Styx River
- Hacket River campsite | Barn Bay to Big Bay coastal route
- Harman Hut | Arahura River
- Horseshoe Flat Hut | Moeraki River, South Westland
- Jim's Flat Hut, Granville Wildlife Management Area
- Kirwans Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Lower Arahura Hut | Arahura River
- Maori Saddle Hut | Haast Paringa Cattle Trail
- Middle Head Hut | Moeraki Valley Track
- Mikonui Flat Hut, Stewardship Land
- Montgomerie Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Moonlight Tops Hut | Paparoa Track Great Walk
- Mt Brown Hut | Lake Kaniere
- Mudflats Hut | Arahura River
- Newton Range Bivvy | Newton Range
- Poet Hut, Mungo River
- Pororari Hut | Paparoa Track
- Rapid Creek Hut, Hokitika River
- Ryans Creek campsite | Barn Bay to Big Bay coast route
- Spoon River campsite | Barn Bay to Big Bay coastal route
- Stafford Hut | Southern West Coast
- Toaroha Saddle Bivvy
- Top Croesus Hut | Croesus Track/Paparoa Track
- Top Toaroha Hut, Toaroha River
- Waiuta Lodge | Waiuta historic village
- Welcome Flat campsite | Copland Track
- Welcome Flat Hut | Copland Track
- Welcome Flat rock bivvy | Copland Track
- Yeats Ridge Hut, Toaroha River
- Wheel Creek Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Mt Curtis Hut, Victoria Forest Park
- St James area huts
- Ada Pass Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Anne Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Boyle Flat Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Cannibal Gorge Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Christopher Cullers Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Christopher Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Fowlers Hut, St James Conservation Area
- Jervois Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Lake Guyon Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Magdalen Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Old Bridge Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Pool Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Rokeby Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Scotties Hut | St James Conservation Area
- Stanleyvale Shelter | St James Conservation Area
- Stony Stream Bivvy | Hanmer Forest Park
- Waiau Hut | St James Conservation Area
- North Canterbury huts
- Avoca Homestead, Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park
- Black Hill Hut, Oxford Forest Conservation Area
- Brass Monkey Bivvy | Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve
- Cameron Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Cold Stream Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Devils Den Bivvy | Nina River, Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Doubtful Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Doubtless Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Gabriel Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Harper Pass Bivvy | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Hope Halfway Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Hope Kiwi Lodge | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Hurunui Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Hurunui Hut No 3 | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Jollie Brook Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Lake Christabel Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Lake Man Bivvy | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Lower Salmon Creek Bivvy, Oxford Forest Conservation Area
- Lucretia Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Mackenzie Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Manson-Nicholls Memorial Hut | Lewis Pass National Reserve
- Mid Robinson Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Nina Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Nina River Valley campsite | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Pell Stream Hut | Lewis Pass National Reserve
- St Jacobs Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Steyning Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Three Mile Stream Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Top Hope Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Top Robinson Hut | Victoria Forest Park
- Upper Nina Bivvy | Nina River, Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Wharfedale Hut, Oxford Forest Conservation Area
- Windy Point Shelter | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Pinchgut Hut | Mount Thomas Forest Conservation Area
- Tribulation Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Cookies Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Bobs Camp Bivvy | Mount Thomas Forest Conservation Area
- Lighthouse Cottage | Godley Head
- Packhorse Hut | Te Ara Pātaka/Summit Walkway
- Thompsons Flat Hut | Private land
- Tarn Hut | Puketeraki Forest Conservation Area
- Youngman Stream Hut | Puketeraki Forest Conservation Area
- Upper South Branch Hurunui Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Esk Bivvy | Lochinvar Forest Conservation Area
- Andersons Hut | Lochinvar Forest Conservation Area
- Rod Donald Hut | Te Ara Pātaka Walkway
- Lochinvar Hut | Lochinvar Forest Conservation Area
- Wildman Hut | Mt Arrowsmith Station
- Arthurs Pass huts and campsites
- Andrews Shelter and campsite | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Anti Crow Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Bealey Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Bealey Spur Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Carrington Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Carroll Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Casey Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Cass Saddle Hut | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Crow Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Dillon Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Dillons Homestead Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Edwards Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Goat Pass Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Hamilton Hut | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Hawdon Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Hawdon Shelter and campsite | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Julia Hut - new | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Julia Hut - old | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Kiwi Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Klondyke Corner campsite | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Lagoon Saddle A-frame Hut | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Lagoon Saddle Hut | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Locke Stream Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Mid Taipo Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Minchin Bivvy | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Mingha Bivvy | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Poulter Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Sudden Valley Bivvy | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Townsend Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Trust/ Poulter Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Upper Deception Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- West Harper Hut | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Worsley Bivvy | Arthurs Pass National Park
- Bull Creek Hut | Arthurs Pass National Park
- South Canterbury huts
- A Frame Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Avoca Hut, Craigieburn Forest Park
- Back Basin Hide | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Baikie Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Basins Hut | Craigieburn Forest Park
- Brodrick Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Camp Stream Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Carneys Bivvies | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Comyns Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Crooked Spur Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Cullers Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Curtis Memorial Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Dasler Bivvy | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Dodger Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Dog Kennel Bivvy | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Double Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Elcho Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Erceg Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Eric's Bivvy | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Forbes Bivvy | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Growler Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Hooker Hut | Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Huxley Forks Main Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Maitland Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Manuka Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Mistake Flats Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Moa Stream Hut, Craigieburn Forest Park
- Monument Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Mueller Hut | Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Murphy's Bivvy | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Officers Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Old Basins Hut, Craigieburn Forest Park
- Park Morpeth Hut, Wilberforce Conservation Area
- Pinnacles Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Red Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Royal Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- South Huxley Bivvy | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- South Temple Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Spurs Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- St Winifreds Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Stodys Hut | Hawea Conservation Area
- Stone Hut | Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
- Telephone Hut | Braeburn Road
- The Pines freedom campsite | Lake Pukaki Reserve
- Tin Hut | Avonburn Station
- Unknown Stream Hut, Craigieburn Forest Park
- Urquhart's Hut, Craigieburn Forest Park
- Veil Bivouac | Rangitata/Rakaia Headwaters Conservation Area
- Weka Burnet Bivvy, Craigieburn Forest Park
- Woolshed Creek Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Back Hut | Ruataniwha Conservation Park, Canterbury
- Greta Lodge | Ruataniwha Conservation Park, Canterbury
- Top Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Boundary Creek Hut | Hakatere Conservation Park
- Hollyford Track and Pyke - Big Bay Route huts
- Big Bay Hut | Pyke - Big Bay route, Pyke Forest
- Demon Trail Hut | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Hidden Falls Hut | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Hokuri Hut | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Lake Alabaster Hut | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Lower Hollyford Road shelter and carpark | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Martins Bay Hut | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- McKerrow Island Hut | Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Olivine Hut | Pyke - Big Bay route, Pyke Forest
- Lake Wilmot Bivvy | Pyke - Big Bay route, Pyke Forest
- Pyke River crossing campsite | Pyke - Big Bay route, Pyke Forest
- Otago huts and campsites
- Ahuriri Base Hut | Ahuriri Conservation Park
- Albert Town campsite | Albert Town, near Wanaka
- Big Hut | Rock and Pillar Conservation Area
- Bonnie Jean Hut | Whakaari Conservation Area
- Boozer Hut | Whakaari Conservation Area
- Botany Hut | Rock and Pillar Conservation Area
- Boundary Creek Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Brown Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Buster Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Chimney Creek Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Chinamans carpark shelter | Dart River, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Daley Flat Hut campsite | Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Daley Flat Hut | Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Dart Hut campsite | Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Dart Hut | Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Dart River rock bivvy | Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Earnslaw Hut | Mt Aspiring National Park
- Fern Burn Hut | Mt Soho Station Pastoral Lease
- Green Gully Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Greenstone Hut | Greenstone Track / Mavora Walkway, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Greenstone roadend shelter and carpark | Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation area
- Greenstone Saddle campsite | Greenstone Track
- Hagens Hut | Ahuriri Conservation Park
- Harris Saddle Shelter | Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Heather Jock Hut | Whakaari Conservation Area
- Highland Creek Hut | Mt Soho Station Pastoral Lease
- Hut Creek Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Ida Railway Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Jean Hut | Whakaari Conservation Area
- Kea Basin rock bivvy | Mt Aspiring National Park
- Lake Howden Hut | Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Lake Mackenzie campsite | Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Lake Mackenzie Hut | Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Leaning Lodge | Rock and Pillar Conservation Area
- Macetown campsite | Macetown Historic Reserve, Motatapu Track
- McIntyre Hut | Whakaari Conservation Area
- McKellar Hut | Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Mid Caples Hut | Caples Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Otamatapaio Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Pakituhi Hut | Hawea Conservation Area
- Roses Hut | Mt Soho Station Pastoral Lease
- Routeburn Falls Hut | Routeburn Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Routeburn Flats campsite | Routeburn Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Routeburn Flats Hut | Routeburn Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Sam Summers Hut | Mt Crichton Scenic Reserve
- Shamrock Hut | Ahuriri Conservation Park
- Shelter Rock Hut campsite | Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Shelter Rock Hut | Rees Dart Track
- Slip Flat Hut | off the Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Steele Creek Hut | off the Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Tailings Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- The Divide Shelter | Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Top Dingle Burn Hut | Hāwea Conservation Park
- Top Hut | Ahuriri Conservation Park
- Top Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Top Timaru Hut | Hawea Conservation Area
- Waldron Homestead Shelter | Oteake Conservation Park
- Wire Yards Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
- Lauder Basin Hut | Lauder Basin Conservation Area
- Jubilee Hut | Silverpeaks Scenic Reserve
- Kirtle Burn Hut | Pisa Conservation Area
- Deep Creek Hut | Pisa Conservation Area
- Meg Hut | Pisa Conservation Area
- Baldersons Cottage | Coronet Peak Station
- Green Gate Hut | Coronet Peak Station
- Atley Terrace Hut | Atley Terrace Historic Reserve
- McIntosh Hut | Whakaari Conservation Area
- Crystal Hut | Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve
- Dynamo Hut | Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve
- Dynamo Red Hut | Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve
- Archies Hut | Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve
- Bullendale Hut | Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve
- Tautaku Hut | Catlins Conservation Park
- Thisbe Hut | Catlins Conservation Park
- Maclennan Hut | Catlins Conservation Park
- Junction Hut, historic | Kopuwai Conservation Area, Otago
- Junction Hut, new | Kopuwai Conservation Area, Otago
- Milford Track huts and shelters
- Andersons Cascade Shelter | Milford Track
- Beech Hut | Milford Track
- Bus Stop Shelter | Milford Track
- Clinton Hut | Milford Track
- Dumpling Hut | Milford Track
- Giant Gate Shelter | Milford Track
- Mackinnon Pass Shelter | Milford Track
- Mintaro Hut | Milford Track
- Quintin Lodge Day Shelter | Milford Track
- Sandfly Point Shelter | Milford Track
- Kepler Track huts and campsites
- Brod Bay campsite | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Control Gates shelter | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Forest Burn Shelter | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Hanging Valley Shelter | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Iris Burn campsite | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Iris Burn Hut | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Luxmore Hut | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Moturau Hut | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Rainbow Reach Shelter and carpark | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Rocky Point Shelter | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Shallow Bay campsite | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Shallow Bay Hut | Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Southland/Fiordland huts
- Aparima Hut — new | Takitimu Conservation Area
- Aparima Hut — old | Takitimu Conservation Area
- Big River campsite | Fiordland National Park
- Borland Bivvy, Fiordland National Park
- Boundary Hut | Mavora Lakes Conservation Area
- Careys Hut | Mavora Lakes Conservation Area
- Clark A Frame Hut, Fiordland National Park
- Clark Hut (historic), Fiordland National Park
- Grant Burn Bivvy | Fiordland National Park
- Green Lake Hut, Fiordland National Park
- Kiwi Burn Hut | Snowdon Forest Conservation Area
- Lower Princhester Hut | Takitimu Conservation Area
- Lower Wairaki Hut | Takitimu Conservation Area
- Martins Hut | Longwood Forest Conservation Area
- Monowai Campsite, Fiordland National Park
- Monowai Hut, Fiordland National Park
- Port Craig Schoolhouse Hut | near Fiordland National Park
- Rodger Inlet Historic Hut, Fiordland National Park
- Rodger Inlet Hut, Fiordland National Park
- Slaughterburn Hut | Fiordland National Park
- Taipo Hut | Mavora Lakes Conservation Area
- Telford campsite | Takitimu Conservation Area
- Wairaurahiri Hut | near Fiordland National Park
- Waitutu Hut | Fiordland National Park
- Westies Hut | Fiordland National Park
- Nicholsons Hut | Kopuwai Conservation Area
- Diggers Hut | Glenaray Station, Southland
- Boundary Hut | Glenaray Station
- Potters Hut | Glenaray Station, Southland
- Whites Hut | Obelisk Historic Reserve
- AA Hut | Kopuwai Conservation Area
- Mt Bee Bunkrooms | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Cromel Base Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Acton Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Islands Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Upper Cromel Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Cromel Branch Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Irthing Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
- Turnbulls Hut | Longwood Forest Conservation Area
- Upper Oreti Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park
- Ashton Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park
- Lincoln Hut | Eyre Mountain/ Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park
- Forks Hut | Mavora Lakes Conservation Park
- West Burn Hut | Mavora Lakes Conservation Park
- Rakiura/Stewart Island huts and campsites
- Big Hellfire or Hellfire Pass Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Bungaree Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Cavalier Hunters Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Christmas Village Hunters Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Christmas Village Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Diprose Bay campsite | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- Doughboy Bay Cave | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Doughboy Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- East Ruggedy Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Freds Camp Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Freshwater Landing Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Homestead Hunters Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Little Hellfire Hunters Hut, Rakiura National Park
- Long Harry Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Maori Beach campsite | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Martins Creek Hunters Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Mason Bay Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Mt Allen Lake, north end campsite | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- Mt Allen Lake, south end campsite | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- Murray River Hunters Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- North Arm campsite | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- North Arm campsite, Port Pegasus | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- North Arm Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Old Homestead Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Port William campsite | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Port William Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Rakeahua Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Rakeahua valley campsite | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Smoky Beach Hunters Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Tolson River hunters' campsite | Southern Circuit, Rakiura National Park
- Tramline campsite | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- Tramline Dam campsite | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- Twin Pool Crossing campsite | Tin Range, Stewart Island
- West Ruggedy Cave | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- Yankee River Hut | Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island
- tramping blogs
- Matakitaki blog | July 2026
- South Island blog | March/April 2026
- Day 1 | Cow Bay campsite, Marlborough Sounds
- Day 2 | Isolation hut, Marlborough
- Day 3 | Napoleon Bivvy, night 1
- Day 4 | Napoleon Bivvy, night 2
- Day 5 | Kaikoura
- Day 6 | Hapuku Hut
- Day 7 | Hanmer
- Day 9 | Tarn Hut
- Day 10 | Youngman Stream Hut
- Day 11 | Methven
- Day 13 | Woolshed Creek campsite
- Day 14 | Peel Forest DOC campsite
- Day 15 | Growler Hut, back again
- Day 16 | Growler Hut, night 2
- Day 17 | Peel Forest DOC campsite, back again
- Day 19 | Jubilee Hut, night 1
- Day 20 | Jubilee Hut, night 2
- Day 21 | Lumsden
- Day 23 | Mt Bee Bunkrooms
- Day 24 | Cromel Base Hut
- Day 25 | Acton Hut campsite
- Day 26 | Islands Hut
- Day 27 | Upper Cromel Hut
- Day 28 | Cromel Branch Hut
- Day 29 | Irthing Hut
- Day 30 | Out to the world
- Kaimai/Ruahine blog | January/ February 2026
- Day 1 | Mangamuka Hut, Kaimais
- Day 2 | to Tauranga
- Day 4 | Dalys Clearing Hut, Kaimais
- Day 5 | Hurunui Hut, Kaimais
- Day 6 | Palmerston North
- Day 8 | Makaretu Hut, Ruahines, night 1
- Day 9 | Makaretu Hut, Ruahines, night 2
- Day 10 | Leon Kinvig Hut, Ruahines
- Day 11 | Toka Bivvy, Ruahines, night 1
- Day 12 | Toka Bivvy, Ruahines, night 2
- Day 13 | Leon Kinvig Hut, Ruahines, night 2
- Day 14 | Leon Kinvig Hut, Ruahines, night 3
- Day 15 | Longview Hut, Ruahines
- Day 16 | Awatere Hut, Ruahines
- Day 17 | to Waipukarau
- Day 19 | Parks Peak Hut, Ruahines, night 1
- Day 20 | Parks Peak Hut, Ruahines, night 2
- Day 21 | to Waipukarau
- Day 22 | TripleX Hut, Ruahines
- Day 23 | Sunrise Hut, Ruahines, night 1
- Day 24 | Sunrise Hut, Ruahines, night 2
- Day 25 | Waipawa Forks Hut, Ruahines
- Day 26 | To Wellington
- South Island summer | December 2025
- Day 1 | Nydia campsite
- Day 2 | Nydia campsite, night 2
- Day 3 | Murchison
- Day 4 | Downie Hut
- Day 5 | Burn Creek goldfield campsite
- Day 6 | Burn Creek Hut, night 1
- Day 7 | Burn Creek Hut, night 2
- Day 8 | Burn Creek Hut, night 3
- Day 9 | Burn Creek Hut, night 4
- Day 10 | Burn Creek goldfield campsite, again
- Day 11 | Downie Hut, back again
- Day 12 | Murchison
- Day 14 | Heaphy campsite
- Day 15 | Back to Karamea
- Day 17 | Kowhai Hut
- Day 18 | Benmore Hut, camping
- Day 19 | Methven
- Day 21 | Growler Hut, night 1
- Day 22 | Growler Hut, night 2
- Day 23 | Growler Hut, night 3
- Day 24 | Peel Forest DOC campground
- Southern expedition blog | mid-winter 2025
- Day 1 | Port Craig Schoolhouse Hut
- Day 2 | Wairaurahiri Hut
- Day 3 | Waitutu Hut
- Day 4 | Slaughterburn Hut, night 1
- Day 5 | Slaughterburn Hut, night 2
- Day 6 | Slaughterburn Hut, night 3
- Day 7 | Slaughterburn Hut, night 4
- Day 8 | Invercargill, night 1
- Day 9 | Invercargill, night 2
- Day 10 | Rakiura, South Sea Hotel, night 1
- Day 11 | Rakiura, South Sea Hotel, night 2
- Day 12 & 13 | Rakiura, South Sea Hotel, night 3
- Day 14 | Freds Camp Hut, night 1
- Day 15 | Freds Camp Hut, night 2
- Day 16 | Freds Camp Hut, night 3
- Day 17 | Fred’s Camp Hut, night 4
- Day 18 | South Sea Hotel, night 1
- Day 19 | South Sea Hotel, night 2
- Day 20 | Back to Invercargill, night 1
- Day 21 & 22 | Invercargill, night 2 & 3
- Day 23 | Te Anau, night 1
- Day 24 | Te Anau, night 2
- Day 25 | Makaroa
- Day 26 | Fox Glacier, night 1
- Day 27 | Fox Glacier, night 2
- Day 28 | Franz Josef Glacier
- Day 29 | Hokitika
- Day 31 | Reefton, night 2
- Day 32 | to Nelson
- Johnson/Kakapo/Wangapeka | February 2025
- Day 1 | Belltown Manunui Hut
- Day 2 | Johnson River, near Little Fugal Stream
- Day 3 | Johnson Hut, night 1
- Day 4 | Johnson Hut, night 2
- Day 5 | Johnson River camp near Little Fugal Stream, again
- Day 6 | Belltown Manunui Hut, again
- Day 7 | Kākāpō Hut, night 1
- Day 8 | Kākāpō Hut, night 2
- Day 9 | Helicopter Flat Hut
- Day 10 | Stone Hut
- Day 11 | Home to Nelson
- Heaphy Track blog | February 2025
- Lake Taylor Circuit | February 2025
- Summer December 2024—February 2025
- Day 1 | To Murchison via Maud Creek
- Day 2 | Mt Curtis Hut
- Day 3 & 4 | To Reefton
- Day 5 | Marble Hill campsite, Lewis Pass
- Day 6 | Marble Hill, night two
- Day 7 | Pinchgut Hut camping, night 1
- Day 8 | Pinchgut Hut camping, night 2
- Day 9 | On to Christchurch
- Day 10—12 | Four nights in Christchurch
- Day 13 | Tribulation Hut, night 1
- Day 14 | Tribulation Hut, night 2
- Day 15 | Woolshed Creek car park
- Day 16—17 | A day trip from Twizel
- Day 18 | Lauder Basin Hut
- Day 19 | Lauder Basin Conservation Area camp
- Day 20 | Ranfurly camping ground
- Day 21 | Day trip to Leaning Lodge
- Day 22 | Nicholsons Hut, Old Man Range
- Day 23 | Boundary Hut
- Day 24 | Potters Hut
- Day 25 | Lindis River crossing
- Day 28 | Meg Hut
- Day 29 | Deep Creek Hut, night 1
- Day 30 | Deep Creek Hut, night 2
- Day 31 | Kirtle Burn Hut
- Day 32 | Atley Terrace Hut, camping
- Day 33 | Moke Lake, night 1
- Day 35 | Moke Lake, night 3
- Day 37 | Skippers campsite
- Day 38 | Dynamo Hut, night 1
- Day 39 | Dynamo Hut, night 2
- Day 40 | Bullendale Hut
- Day 41 | Tuatapere, night 1
- Day 43 | Tuatapere, night 3
- Day 44 | Tautuku Hut, Catlins
- Day 45 | Thisbe Hut, night 1
- Day 46 | Thisbe Hut, night 2
- Day 47 | Upper Oreti Hut, night 1
- Day 48 | Upper Oreti Hut, night 2
- Day 49 | Winton Burn campsite
- Day 50 | Forks Hut
- Day 51 | Lake Mavora campsite
- Day 53 | Garston Ski Hut daytrip
- Day 54 | Junction Hut daytrip
- Day 55 | Boundary Hut, night 1
- Day 56 | Boundary Hut, night 2
- Day 57 | Christchurch
- Achilles tear journey | November 2023
- Burn Creek Hut measure-up | November 2023
- West Coast blog | April 2023
- Big rivers blog | January/February 2023
- Day 1 | Ahuriri Base Hut
- Day 2 | Hagen Hut, camping
- Day 3 | Ahuriri Base Hut camping
- Day 1 | Whitehorse Campground, Aoraki/Mt Cook
- Day 2 | Whitehorse Campground, Night 2
- Day 3 | Geraldine cabin
- Day 1 | Black Birch Creek campsite
- Day 2 | Camping near Black Mountain Hut
- Day 3 | Growler Hut
- Day 4 | Growler Hut, night 2
- Day 5 | Forbes Bivvy
- Day 6 | Mistake Flats Hut, night 1
- Day 7 | Mistake Flats Hut, night 2
- Day 8 | Growler Hut, again
- Day 9 | out
- Central Otago blog | January 2023
- Day 1 | Big Hut, Rock & Pillar Conservation Area
- Day 2 | Kyeburn Diggings DOC campsite
- Day 3 | Buster Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 4 | Tailings Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 5 | Hut Creek Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 6 | Digger Flat campsite
- Day 7 | camping near Skunk Hut
- Day 8 | Blue Hut, Otamatapaio Valley
- Day 9 | Otamatapaio Hut, Oteake Conservation Area, night 1
- Day 10 | Otamatapaio Hut, night 2
- Day 11 | Wire Yards Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 12 | Ida Railway Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 13 | Tailings Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 14 | Out to Ranfurly
- Day 15 | Boundary Creek Hut, Oteake Conservation Area
- Day 16 | out to Alexandra
- Marlborough blog | December 2022/January 2023
- Day 1 | Warden Hut, 3rd trip this year
- Day 2 | Yup, Forbes Hut, night 1
- Day 3 | Forbes Hut again, night 2
- Day 4 | Goose Flat campsite
- Day 5 | Fidgit Stream camping, night 1
- Day 6 | Fidgit Stream camping, night 2
- Day 7 | Goose Flat Hut
- Day 8 | Limestone Stream campsite
- Day 9 | Limestone Hut, night 1
- Day 10 | Limestone Hut, night 2
- Day 11 | Cold Stream campsite
- Day 12 | Warden Hut
- Day 13 | out to Christchurch
- Rakiura blog | August 2022
- Day -2 | To Oban
- Day 1 | to North Arm Hut
- Day 2 | to Freshwater Hut
- Day 3 | Freds Camp Hut
- Day 4 | Freds Camp Hut, night 2
- Day 5 | Rakeahua Hut
- Day 6 | Rakeahua Hut, night 2
- Day 7 | Doughboy Hut
- Day 8 | Doughboy Hut, night 2
- Day 9 | Doughboy Hut, night 3
- Day 10 | Cavalier Hunters Hut
- Day 11 | Mason Bay Hut
- Day 12 | Mason Bay Hut, night 2
- Day 13 | Freshwater Hut, again
- Day 14 | North Arm Hut
- Day 15 | out to Oban
- Marlborough blog | July 2022
- Day 1 | Black Birch Bivvy
- Day 2 | Out to Kaikoura
- Day 3 | Warden Hut in snow
- Day 4 | Warden Hut, again
- Day 5 | Old Willows Hut
- Day 6 | Alfred Hut
- Day 7 | Palmer Hut
- Day 8 | Palmer Hut, night 2
- Day 9 | Palmer Hut, night 3
- Day 10 | Palmer Hut, night 4
- Day 11 | Forbes Hut
- Day 12 | Warden Hut, once again
- Day 13 | Christchurch
- Kahurangi blog | May 2022
- Hopkins/Huxley blog | March/April 2022
- Day 1 | Maitland Hut
- Day 2 | Temple camping area
- Day 3 | Monument Hut
- Day 4 | Red Hut
- Day 5 | Elcho Hut
- Day 6 | Dodger Hut
- Day 7 | Dodger Hut, second night
- Day 8 | Red Hut, again
- Day 9 | Huxley Forks Main Hut
- Day 10 | Huxley Forks Main Hut, again
- Day 11 | South Huxley Bivvy
- Day 12 | Red Hut, third time
- Day 13 | Christchurch
- South Marlborough blog | March 2022
- Canterbury blog | January 2022
- Day 1 | Carlyle Hut
- Day 2 | Scotties Hut
- Day 3 | Christchurch
- Day 4 | Harper River DOC campsite
- Day 5 | Basins Hut
- Day 6 | Avoca Hut
- Day 7 | Basins Hut, again
- Day 8 | Basins Hut, third time
- Day 9 | Harper River DOC campsite
- Day 10 | Moa Stream Hut
- Day 11 | Unknown Stream Hut
- Day 12 | Urquharts Hut
- Day 13 | Moa Hut
- Day 14 | Christchurch, again
- Day 16 | Wharfedale Hut
- Day 17 | Black Hill Hut
- Day 18 | Black Hill Hut, night 2
- Day 19 | Home, once again
- Branch River blog | December 2021
- Day 1 | Lees Creek camping
- Day 2 | Lees River camp 2
- Day 3 | Yay!! camping above Branch Bivvy
- Day 4 | Branch Bivvy, yes, a hut
- Day 5 | Bottom Misery Hut, delightful
- Day 6 | Bottom Misery Hut, once again
- Day 7 | Top Misery Hut
- Day 8 | Bottom Misery Hut, yet again
- Day 9 | Lost Stream Bivvy
- Day 10 | Siberia Hut
- Day 11 | Greigs Hut
- Day 12 | Home, sweet home
- Lake Monowai blog | September 2021
- Rakiura blog | August/September 2021
- Day 1 | Port William Hut
- Day 2 | Bungaree Hut
- Day 3 | Christmas Village Hut
- Day 4 | Christmas Village Hut, night 2
- Day 5 | Yankee River Hut
- Day 6 | Smoky Hunters Hut
- Day 7 | Long Harry Hut
- Day 8 | East Ruggedy Hut
- Day 9 | Hellfire Pass Hut
- Day 10 | Little Hellfire Hunters Hut
- Day 11 | Little Hellfire Hunters Hut, night 2
- Day 12 | Mason Bay Hut
- Day 13 | Cavalier Hunters Hut
- Day 14 | Cavalier Hunters Hut, night 2
- Day 15 | Homestead Hunters Hut
- Day 16 | Freshwater Hut
- Day 17 | Freds Camp Hut
- Day 18 | Freds Camp Hut, night 2
- Day 19 | Freshwater Hut, again
- Day 20 | North Arm Hut
- Day 21 | Oban!! Civilisation
- South Coast Track blog | July/August 2021
- Day 1 | Port Craig Schoolhouse Hut
- Day 2 | Wairaurahiri Hut
- Day 3 | Waitutu Hut, night 1
- Day 4 | Waitutu Hut, night 2
- Day 5 | Waitutu Hut, night 3
- Day 6 | Waitutu Hut, night 4
- Day 7 | Slaughterburn Hut
- Day 8 | Waitutu Hut, night 5
- Day 9 | Waitutu Hut, night 6
- Day 10 | Wairaurahiri Hut, again
- Day 11 | Port Craig Schoolhouse Hut, again
- Day 12 | Tuatapere, and civilisation
- Abel Tasman Circuit blog | June 2021
- Arthurs Pass blog | February 2021
- Day 1 | Lake Stream Hut: "3½ hours" ?
- Day 2 | Greymouth: my shortest ever tramp
- Day 3 | Edwards Hut: heading back to my roots
- Day 4 | Andrews Shelter: more going back over old ground
- Day 5 | Casey Hut: time to visit the rebuilt hut
- Day 6 | Pete Stream: I like this tent
- Day 7 | Almost to Birch Grove: what's the hurry?
- Day 8 | Crow Hut: all day for a three-hour walk
- Day 9 | Out to civilisation
- West Coast blog | January 2020
- Matakitaki Day 1 | Downie Hut
- Matakitaki Day 2 | Burn Creek gold miners campsite
- Matakitaki Day 3 | Burn Creek Hut
- Matakitaki Day 4 | Burn Creek Hut
- Matakitaki Day 5 | Nardoo Hut
- Matakitaki Day 6 | Murchison
- Kirwans Track, Day 1 | Kirwans Hut
- Kirwans Track, Day 2 | Montgomerie Hut
- Kirwans Track, Day 3 | Greymouth
- Punakaiki, Day 1 | Pororari hut
- Punakaiki, Day 2 | on to Westport
- Waingaro/Anatoki blog | January 2020
- Arahura/Styx blog | December 2019
- Day 1 | Lower Arahura Hut
- Day 2 | Lower Arahura Hut, night 2
- Day 3 | Mudflats Hut
- Day 4 | Grassy Flat Hut
- Day 5 | Grassy Flat Hut, night 2
- Day 6 | Grassy Flat Hut, night 3
- Day 7 | Harmon Hut
- Day 8 | Harman Hut, night 2
- Day 9 | Grassy Flat Hut, night 4
- Day 10 | Newton Range Bivvy
- Day 11 | Newton Range Bivvy, night 2
- Day 12 | Mount Brown Hut
- Day 13 | Out to Greymouth
- Lake Angelus blog | July 2019
- South Westland to Queenstown blog | January/February 2019
- Day -1 | Nelson to Fox Glacier
- Day 1 | Horseshoe Flat Hut, Moeraki River
- Day 2 | Blue River Hut, after a visit to Middle Head Hut
- Day 3 | Maori Saddle Hut, and out of the weather
- Day 4 | Coppermine Creek Hut. Did you say mosquitoes?
- Day 5 | Limestone Creek campsite. Wow, that went well
- Day 6 | Callery Creek camping. Just a day of boulder hopping
- Day 7 | Callery Creek campsite, night 2. Did I mention sandflies?
- Day 8 | Gorge River Hut, night 1. Yay!! A hut!!
- Day 9 | Gorge River Hut, night 2. A rest day
- Day 10 | Gorge River, Night 3. Hanging around
- Day 11 | Gorge River Hut, Night 4. Onto a good thing
- Day 12 | Gorge River Hut, Night 5. Can't sit around forever
- Day 13 | Ryans Creek campsite, so not too far
- Day 14 | Big Bay Hut, Night 1. Lots of rock hopping
- Day 15 | Big Bay Hut, night 2. Hanging out
- Day 16 | Martins Bay Hut. Oh, people!!
- Day 17 | Hokuri Hut. Don't let the threat of rain stop you
- Day 18 | McKerrow Island Hut, and some solitude at last
- Day 19 | Hidden Falls Hut, with civilisation not so far
- Day 20 | Te Anau campsite. And a choice of food!!
- Day 21 | McKeller Hut, waiting for the storm
- Day 22 | Steele Creek Hut, back on my lonesome!!
- Day 23 | Caples River valley camping, just me, oh, and the sandflies
- Day 24 | 25 Mile Creek camping. I am allowed to camp here, huh?
- Day 25 | Shelter Rock Hut, camping in the rain, again
- Day 26 | Dart Hut campsite, Night 1, among the trees
- Day 27 | Dart Hut campsite, Night 2, with a day at Cascade Saddle
- Day 28 | Daley Flat Hut, inside because I prefer that tent dry
- Day 29 | Queenstown, where they create a new campsite for me
- Day 30 Queenstown. The Wrap Up
- Nelson Lakes blog | December 2018
- Day 1 | Speargrass Hut once again
- Day 2 | Sabine Hut, Lake Rotoroa
- Day 3 | Mt Misery Hut, up in the clouds
- Day 4 | D'Urville River campsite
- Day 5 | Tiraumea Hut, a night with a hunter
- Day 6 | Mole Hut, night 1
- Day 7 | Mole Hut, night 2
- Day 8 | Mole Hut, night 3
- Day 9 | Downie Hut, and wet behind my ears
- Day 10 | Bobs Hut, almost like coming home
- Day 11 | Bobs Hut, Night 2
- Day 12 | Ada Pass Hut, a full day's walking
- Day 13 | Christopher Hut, Christmas Day
- Day 14 | Waiau River valley, camping on a mossy knoll
- Day 15 | Upper Clarence River Valley, camping again
- Day 16 | Paske Hut, over Paske Saddle
- Day 17 | Begley Hut, and no pass to climb
- Day 18 | Connor Creek Hut, and the last big climb
- Day 19 | Finally back home in Nelson
- Rakiura blog | August/September 2018
- Day -1 | Oban
- Day 1 | Port William
- Day 2 | Bungaree Hut
- Day 3 Christmas Village Hut
- Day 4 | Yankee River Hut
- Day 5 | Long Harry Hut
- Day 6 | Long Harry Hut
- Day 7 | East Ruggedy Hut
- Day 8 | Hellfire Pass Hut
- Day 9 | Mason Bay Hut
- Day 10 | Doughboy Hut
- Day 11 | Doughboy Hut once again
- Day 12 | Rakeahua Hut
- Day 13 | Freds Camp Hut
- Day 14 | North Arm Hut
- Day 15 | South Sea Hotel again
- South Coast blog | August 2018
- Mt Richmond Forest Park Circuit blog | April 2018
- Day 1 | Rocks Hut
- Day 2 | Roebuck Hut
- Day 3 | Old Mt Fell Hut site, camping
- Day 4 | Richmond Saddle Hut
- Day 5 | Two hours from Lake Chalice Hut
- Day 6 | Lake Chalice Hut
- Day 7 | Mid Goulter Hut
- Day 8 | Mid Goulter Hut again
- Day 9 | Lower Goulter Hut
- Day 10 | Tarn Hut
- Day 11 | Mt Rintoul Hut
- Day 12 | Old Man Hut
- Day 13 | Old Man Hut, again
- Day 14 | Starveall Hut
- Day 15 | Rocks Hut. Back again
- Day 16 | Home to Nelson
- Stafford Bay Blog | January 2018
- Hanmer to Taramakau blog | January 2018
- Day 1 | Scotties Camp Hut
- Day 2 | Steyning Hut
- Day 3 | Steyning Hut — Night 2
- Day 4 | Magdalen Hut
- Day 5 | Hope Halfway Hut
- Day 6 | St Jacobs Hut
- Day 7 | Hope Kiwi Lodge
- Day 8 | Round Lake Sumner to Jollie Brook Hut
- Day 9 | Wet feet and no track to Cold Stream Hut
- Day 10 | A long march to Hurunui Hut
- Date 11 | A surprise: to Mackenzie Hut
- Day 12 | Hurunui No 3 Hut
- Day 13 | Over Harper Pass to Locke Stream Hut
- Day 14 | Just the 800 m climb to Townsend Hut
- Day 15 | Camping at a Greymouth backpackers
- Marlborough north to south blog | December 2017
- Day 1 | Just to Taylor Dam, ie, very close to Blenheim
- Day 2 | Tinpot Hut
- Day 3 | camping near Beehive Hut
- Day 4 | camping near Dillon Hut
- Day 5 | Lake Alexander Hut
- Day 6 | Lake Alexander — Christmas Day
- Day 7 | Lake Alexander Hut — Boxing Day
- Day 8 | Penk Hut
- Day 9 | Near stockyards, Arapiri Station
- Day 10 | Camping before Swale Hut
- Day 11 | near Old Swale Hut
- Day 12 | Camping near Mead Hut
- Day 13 | Almost to Ravine Hut
- Day 14 | Camping outside Bluff Hut
- Day 15 | Forbes Hut
- Day 16 | Forbes Hut — rainy rest day
- Day 17 | Warden Hut
- Day 18 | Hanmer Springs backpackers
- Lake Daniell blog | November 2017
- Mt Fell blog | April 2017
- Abel Tasman blog | Easter 2017
- Lewis Pass - Lewis Pass - Nelson | February 2017
- Day 1 | Lewis Tops campsite
- Day 2 | Lucretia Hut
- Day 3 | Brass Monkey Bivvy
- Day 4 | Lake Christabel Hut
- Day 5 | Lake Christabel Hut, second night
- Day 6 | Lake Christabel Hut, again! Third night
- Day 7 | Top Robinson Hut
- Day 8 | Mid Robinson Hut
- Day 9 | Cannibal Gorge Hut
- Day 10 | Christopher Hut, St James Walkway
- Day 11 | Caroline Creek Bivvy campsite
- Day 12 | Blue Lake Hut, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Day 13 | Sabine Hut, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Day 14 | Bushline Hut, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Day 15 | Red Hill Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 16 | Porters Creek Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 17 | Hunters Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 18 | Mid Wairoa Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 19 | Tarn Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 20 | Old Man Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 21 | camping at Starveall Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 22 | Rocks Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Day 23 | Nelson, yay!
- Kaikoura to Boyle Village blog | January 2017
- Day 1 | camping, umm, on the wrong track
- Day 2 | Warden Hut, road to the Clarence River
- Day 3 | Forbes/Seymour hut, Clarence River
- Day 4 | Lake McRae Hut, near, umm, Lake McRae
- Day 5 | Robinson Creek campsite
- Day 6 | Molesworth Cob Cottage campsite
- Day 7 | Saxton Hut, Saxton River
- Day 8 | Top Gordon Hut, Gordon Stream
- Day 9 | Top Leatham Hut, Leatham River
- Day 10 | Severn Hut, Severn River
- Day 11 | Sedgemere Sleepout, Rainbow Rd
- Day 12 | Lake Guyon, Waiau River
- Day 13 | Henry River campsite, almost to the St James Walkway
- Day 14 | Magdalen Hut, St James Walkway
- Day 15 | Home, and a dry, comfy bed
- Frew/Toaroha Saddles blog | December 2016
- Day 1 | Rapid Creek Hut, Hokitika River valley
- Day 2 | camping, as it turned out
- Day 3 | Frew Hut, Whitcombe River
- Day 4 | almost to Frew Bivvy, Frew Creek
- Day 5 | Bluff Hut
- Day 6 | Bluff Hut, night 2
- Day 7 | Poet Hut, Mungo River
- Day 8 | Top Toaroha Hut, Toaroha River
- Day 9 | Crystal Bivvy
- Day 10 | Yeats Ridge Hut, night 1
- Day 11 | Yeats Ridge Hut, night 2
- Day 12 | Yeats Ridge Hut, night 3
- Day 13 | Cedar Flat Historic Hut, night 1
- Day 14 | Cedar Flat Historic Hut, night 2
- Day 15 | Cedar Flat, people come, people go
- Day 16 | Greymouth backpackers
- Sylvester/Balloon trip | November 2016
- Wakamarina Track blog | October 2016
- Alpine Route, Mt Richmond Forest Park | August 2016
- Day 1 | Rocks Hut, almost like coming home
- Day 2 | Browning Hut, yup, that's winter all right
- Day 3 | Starveall Hut, hill climbing on the agenda
- Day 4 | Slaty Hut, get those crampons on
- Day 5 | Old Man Hut, I'm feeling somewhat old myself
- Day 6 | Mid Goulter Hut, one of my favourites
- Day 7 | Lower Goulter Hut, a "rest day"
- Day 8 | Mid Wairoa Hut, climb every moutain, ford every stream
- Day 9 | Top Wairoa Hut, plenty of ventilation
- Day 10 | Top Wairoa Hut — rest day
- Day 11 | Hunters Hut, a smashing it out day
- Day 12 | Hunters Hut, err, is this another rest day?
- Day 13 | Porters Creek Hut, mooching along
- Day 14 | Red Hills Hut, last night
- Day 15 | Home sweet home, Nelson
- Blue Lake blog | April 2016
- Day 1 | Coldwater Hut: just around Lake Rotoiti 2
- Day 2 | Cupola Hut, up amongst the mountain tops
- Day 3 | Upper Travers Hut, not so far
- Day 4 | Blue Lake Hut, up here again
- Day 5 | George Lyon Hut, and some solitude
- Day 6 | Sabine Hut, big day down the D'Urville valley
- Day 7 | over Mt Cedric and back to Nelson
- Mt Fell blog | March 2016
- south Kahurangi blog | February 2016
- Day 1 | John Reid Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 2 | Kiwi Saddle Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 3 | Kiwi Saddle Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 4 | Kings Creek Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 5 | Stone Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 6 | Matiri Ridge tarn, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 7 | Hurricane Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 8 | McConchies Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 9 | Larrikin Creek Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 10 | Larrikin Creek Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 11 | Lake Matiri Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 12 | Civilisation! Murchison, err, backpackers
- Day 13 | Lyell Saddle Hut, Lyell Range/Radiant Range Conservation Area
- Day 14 | Stern Valley Hut, Lyell Range/Radiant Range Conservation Area
- Day 15 | Goat Creek Hut, Mokihinui Forks Ecological Area
- Day 16 | Mokihinui Forks Hut, Mokihinui Forks Ecological Area
- Day 17 | Specimen Point Hut, Mokihinui Forks Ecological Area
- Day 18 | Back in Nelson
- Abel Tasman/Kahurangi blog | December 2015/January 2016
- Day 1 | Holyoake Clearing Shelter, Abel Tasman National Park
- Day 2 | Castle Rock Hut, Abel Tasman National Park
- Day 3 | Wainui Hut, Abel Tasman National Park
- Day 4 | Takaka backpackers
- Day 5 | Takaka backpackers, again
- Day 6 | Beathams Clearing, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 7 | Boulder Lake Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 8 | Boulder Lake Hut, Kahurangi National Park, again
- Day 9 | Adelaide Tarn Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 10 | Adelaide Tarn Hut, Kahurangi National Park, night 2
- Day 11 | Point 744 campsite, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 12 | Lonely Lake Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 13 | Lonely Lake Hut, again, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 14 | Fenella Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 15 | Chaffey Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 16 | Takaka backpackers
- Day 17 | Takaka backpackers, once again
- Day 18 | Kahurangi Keepers Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 19 | Kahurangi Keepers Hut, Kahurangi National Park, night 2
- Day 20 | camping near Kahurangi River tributary, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 21 | camping at unnamed creek near Juno Creek, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 22 | Ministry of Works Historic Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 23 | Ministry of Works Historic Hut, Kahurangi National Park, night 2
- Day 24 | Ministry of Works Historic Hut, Kahurangi National Park, 3rd night
- Day 25 | bushes 2 km from Heaphy Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 26 | Karamea, Rongo backpackers
- Day 27 | Karamea, Rongo backpackers, night 2
- Day 28 | Belltown-Manunui Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 29 | Belltown-Manunui Hut, Kahurangi National Park again
- Day 30 | Taipo Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 31 | Helicopter Flat Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 32 | Trevor Carter Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 33 | Venus Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 34 | Crow Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 35 | Karamea Bend Hut, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 36 | Salisbury Lodge, Kahurangi National Park
- Day 37 | back in Nelson
- Te Araroa blog | January/March 2015
- TA Day 1 | Rakiura to civilisation; Invercargill
- TA Day 3 | Taunamau Creek, Oreti Beach, 10 km from Riverton
- TA Day 4 | Colac Bay, not quite at the campground
- TA Day 5 | Ports water race, Longwood Forest
- TA Day 6 | Martins Hut, Longwood Forest
- TA Day 7 | Merrivale Road end
- TA Day 8 | Woodlaw Forest Conservation Park
- TA Day 9 | Mt Linton Station
- TA Day 10 | Telford campsite
- TA Day 11 | almost to Aparima Hut
- TA Day 12 | Lower Princhester Hut, Takitimu Conservation Area
- TA Day 13 | To Kiwi Burn Hut
- TA Day 14 | Careys Hut, North Mavora Lake
- TA Day 15 | just out the back of Greenstone Hut
- TA Day 16 | Queenstown, huh, it's a zoo
- TA Day 18 | just past Arrowtown, on the Big Hill Trail
- TA Day 19 | to Macetown, a gold mining ghost town
- TA Day 20 | Roses Hut, Motutapu Trail
- TA Day 21 | Fern Burn Hut, Motutapu Track
- TA Day 22 | lakeside at Lake Wanaka
- TA Day 23 | out the back of the Lake Hawea Hotel
- TA Day 24 | still out the back of the Lake Hawea Hotel
- TA Day 25 | just the 1000 m climb to Pakituhi Hut
- TA Day 26 | to a splendid Timaru River camp
- TA Day 27 | to Tin Hut, near the Ahuriri River
- TA Day 28 | somewhere near the Ahuriri River East Branch Saddle
- TA Day 29 | to the Ohau River banks
- TA Day 30 | to the shores of Lake Pukaki
- TA Day 31 | the other end of Lake Pukaki
- TA Day 32 | camping at the lake in Lake Tekapo Recreation Park
- TA Day 33 | 2 km before Camp Stream Hut
- TA Day 34 | to Royal Hut
- TA Day 35 | to Stone Hut
- TA Day 36 | to the south side of the Rangatata River
- TA Day 37 | to Paddle Hill Creek camp
- TA Day 38 | to Double Hut
- TA Day 39 | to A Frame Hut
- TA Day 40 | just camped under the Harper River bridge
- TA Day 41 | to West Harper Hut
- TA Day 42 | hitching to Greymouth
- TA Day 45 | to Carroll Hut, Arthurs Pass National Park
- TA Day 46 | to Mid Taipo Hut
- TA Day 47 | on to Old Julia Hut
- TA Day 48 | over Harman Pass to Carrington Hut
- TA Day 49 | up to the junction of the Mingha and Edwards Rivers
- TA Day 50 | just up to Goat Pass Hut
- TA Day 51 | to Lake Creek junction at the Taramakau
- TA Day 52 | to Harper Pass Bivvy
- TA Day 53 | an easy amble down to Hurunui Hut
- TA Day 54 | to Three Mile Stream Hut
- TA Day 55 | camping outside Lake Man Bivvy
- TA Day 56 | at The Boyle River, near the village
- TA Day 57 | up to Ada Pass Hut
- TA Day 58 | to Bobs Hut, West Mataki valley
- TA Day 59 | another day at Bobs Hut, West Matakitaki valley
- TA Day 60 | now trapped by flooding at Bobs Hut, West Matakitaki valley
- TA Day 61 | over to East Matakitaki Hut
- TA Day 62 | over David Saddle to Upper D'Urville Bivvy
- TA Day 63 | easing down to George Lyon Hut
- TA Day 64 | another easy day to Morgans Hut
- TA Day 65 | dropping into the crowds at Sabine Hut
- TA Day 66 | woo hoo, St Arnaud
- TA Day 69 | a short stroll to Red Hills Hut
- TA Day 70 | over to Hunters Hut in the rain
- TA Day 71 | up and over to Top Wairoa Hut
- TA Day 72 | a big day to Lower Goulter Hut
- TA Day 73 | a hop to Mid Goulter Hut
- TA Day 74 | on to Lake Chalice
- TA Day 75 | camping up at Richmond Saddle Hut
- TA Day 76 | dropping to Middy Creek Hut on the Pelorus River
- TA Day 77 | that must be Pelorus Bridge
- TA Day 78 | civilisation and food in Havelock
- TA Day 79 | over to Davies Bay campsite
- TA Day 80 | up at Black Rock Campsite, Queen Charlotte Track
- TA Day 81 | just to Camp Bay, Queen Charlotte Track
- TA Day 82 | to Ship Cove, then back to Schoolhouse Bay
- TA Day 83 | back to the Bay of Many Coves campsite
- TA Day 84 | last night at Davies Bay campsite
- TA Day 85 | no more tent, I'm in Nelson
- Tin Range blog | December 2014/January 2015
- Day 1 | North Arm campground, Rakiura Track
- Day 2 | Tolson River hunter’s campsite, Southern Circuit
- Day 3 | Rakeahua Hut, Southern Circuit
- Day 4 | Saddle between Table Hill and Blakies Hill, Tin Range Route
- Day 5 | Twin Pools Crossing campsite, Tin Range Route
- Day 6 | night 1 at Tramline campsite, Tin Range Route
- Day 7 | night 2 at Tramline campsite, Tin Range Route
- Day 8 | Diprose Bay, Tin Range Route
- Day 9 | Twin Pools Crossing campsite, Tin Range Route
- Day 10 | Camping at Rakeahua Hut, Southern Circuit
- Day 11 | Camping at Doughboy Hut, Southern Circuit
- Day 12 | Camping at Doughboy Hut, Southern Circuit
- Day 13 | Camping at Doughboy Hut, Southern Circuit
- Day 14 | Camping at Mason Bay near Kilbride, Southern Circuit
- Day 15 | Freshwater Hut, North West Circuit
- Day 16 | Back at Oban
- Epilogue | Thoughts back in Invercargill
- Mt Richmond blog | December 2014
- Kepler/Milford/Routeburn/Greenstone/Caples blog | October 2014
- Day 1 | Shallow Bay Hut, Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 2 | Iris Burn Hut, Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 3 | Luxmore Hut, Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 4 | Back to Te Anau
- Day 5 | Clinton Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 6 | Mintaro Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 7 | Dumpling Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 8 | Dumpling Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 9 | Howden Hut, Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 10 | Lake Mackenzie Hut, Routeburn Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 11 | Routeburn Falls Hut, Routeburn Track, Mt Aspiring National Park
- Day 12 | Lake McKellar Hut, Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Day 13 | Steele Creek Hut, Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Day 14 | Steele Creek Hut, Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Day 15 | Greenstone Hut, Greenstone Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Day 16 | Mid Caples Hut, Caples Track, Greenstone Conservation Area
- Day 17 | Back in Te Anau once again
- Kepler/Hollyford/Pyke blog | September/October 2014
- Day 1 | Mt Luxmore Hut, Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 2 | Iris Burn Hut, Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 3 | Moturau Hut, Kepler Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 4 | Back in Te Anau
- Day 1 | Hidden Falls Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 2 | Lake Alabaster Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 3 | Olivine Hut, Pyke Big Bay Route, Pyke Forest Conservation Area
- Day 4 | Big Bay Hut, Pyke Big Bay Route, Pyke Forest Conservation Area
- Day 5 | Big Bay Hut, Pyke Big Bay Route, Pyke Forest Conservation Area
- Day 6 | Big Bay Hut, Pyke Big Bay Route, Pyke Forest Conservation Area
- Day 7 | Big Bay Hut, Pyke Big Bay Route, Pyke Forest Conservation Area
- Day 8 | Big Bay Hut, Pyke Big Bay Route, Pyke Forest Conservation Area
- Day 9 | Martins Bay Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 10 | Martins Bay Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 11 | Hokuri Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 12 | McKerrow Island Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 13 | Back to Hidden Falls Hut, Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park
- Day 14 | Back in Te Anau
- Arthurs Pass blog | September 2014
- Day -1 Prelims | Hanging around Greymouth
- Day 1 | An early start, that bus to Cass
- Day 2 | Hamilton Hut
- Day 3 | West Harper Hut
- Day 4 | Bealey Hut
- Day 5 | Sudden Valley Biv
- Day 6 | Hawdon Hut
- Day 7 | Hawdon Hut, again
- Day 8 | Andrews Shelter
- Day 9 | Casey Hut, Poulter River
- Day 10 | Poulter Hut
- Day 11 | Poulter Hut, again
- Day 12 | Back to Casey Hut
- Day 13 | Casey Hut, again
- Day 14 | Andrews Shelter once more
- Day 15 | Onto Christchurch
- Alpine Route/Waiau Pass blog | March/April 2014
- Day 1 | Rocks Hut, not quite fine weather, yet
- Day 2 | Middy Creek Hut, back here again
- Day 3 | Roebuck hut, and plenty of company
- Day 4 | Hacket Hut, not so far from the roadend
- Day 5 | Slaty hut, just above the bushline
- Day 6 | Old Man Hut, perfect spot for me
- Day 7 | Old Man hut, on the seventh day he rested
- Day 8 | Rintoul hut, on a high up here
- Day 9 | Mid Wairoa hut, no superb views tonight
- Day 10 | Top Wairoa hut, on the border with the Red Hills
- Day 11 | Hunters Hut | but no gun wielders make an appearance
- Day 12 | Porters Creek Hut, I kinda like this place
- Day 13 | Red Hills hut, last night on the Alpine Route
- Day 14 | St Arnaud, time for some replenishment
- Day 15 | Angelus Hut, hey, this place is still special
- Day 16 | Hopeless Hut, but not hopeless by any measure
- Day 17 | Upper Travers Hut, look, fellow trampers
- Day 18 | Blue Lake Hut, hey, I recognise a name in the hut book
- Day 19 | Caroline Creek Bivvy, who would think I'd be back here so soon
- Day 20 | Christopher Hut, more gloom
- Day 21 | Cannibal Gorge Hut, last night on the trail
- Day 22 | Back in Nelson, not quite so easy
- Abel Tasman blog | March 2014
- St James/Harpers Pass blog | November/December 2013
- Day 1 | Ada Pass Hut: right in those mountains
- Day 2 | Ada Pass hut: a second night, this time alone
- Day 3 | Christopher Hut: and some more faces appear
- Day 4 | Caroline Bivvy, somewhat off the St James Walkway track
- Day 5 | Lake Guyon, more honking geese, lots more
- Day 6 | Pool Hut: pool, hunh?
- Day 7 | Anne Hut: finally back on track
- Day 8 | Magdalen Hut: back on my lonesome
- Day 9 | Hope Kiwi Lodge: a big day on the trail
- Day 10 | Hurunui Hut: on my own, or am I?
- Day 11 | Harper Pass Bivvy: up here again
- Day 12 | Kiwi Hut: there’s even supposed to be kiwis around
- Day 13 | Greymouth, Noahs Ark: with all the animals, I'm a sheep
- Heaphy Track blog | November 2013
- Day 1 | Perry Saddle campsite: just the odd bit damp
- Day 2 | James McKay campsite: what's the deal, that wasn't the weather forecast
- Day 3 | Heaphy campsite: first time around
- Day 4 | camping north of Porters Beach: yay!
- Day 5 | Stream just before Wekakura Point: halfway, yeah, that’s good enough
- Day 6 | Stream before Wekakura Point again
- Day 7 | Back to that waterfall north of Porter's Beach
- Day 8 | Back to the Heaphy campsite
- Day 9 | Rongo backpackers, Karamea: that’s peace in Maori
- Abel Tasman blog | November 2013
- Day 1 | Te Puketea Bay campsite: nestled near that fabulous beach
- Day 2 | Te Puketea Bay again: when you know it's Paradise, why rush?
- Day 3 | Tonga Quarry campsite: about time for some full-on dampness
- Day 4 | Waiharakeke Bay campsite: more Germans, that's OK
- Day 5 | Whariwharangi campsite: speeding through the northern section
- Day 6 | Kiwiana, Takaka: out to civilisation
- Rakiura blog | August/September 2013
- Day 1 | Port William Hut: almost feels like home
- Day 2 | Bungaree Hut: sun out on the surf in Big Bungaree Bay Beach
- Day 3 | Christmas Village Hut: but no village action here
- Day 4 | Christmas Village Hut: climbing a hill for a change
- Day 5 | Yankee River Hut: back on my lonesome
- Day 6 | Long Harry Hut: back here once again
- Day 7 | Long Harry Hut: the answer is blowing in the breeze
- Day 8 | East Ruggedy Hut: and a rugged old day
- Day 9 | Big Hellfire Hut: you can hear that surf crashing
- Day 10 | Mason Bay Hut: not a cloud all day
- Day 11 | Doughboy Bay Hut: the best, and for a short while worst, of a day
- Day 12 | Doughboy Bay Hut again: time for another break
- Day 13 | Rakeahua Hut: down in the swamps
- Day 14 | Rakeahua Hut again: climb every mountain
- Day 15 | Freds Camp Hut: looking over the water, nice
- Day 16 | Freshwater Landing Hut: that's some pile of rat droppings
- Day 17 | North Arm Hut: yup, lonesome for the 13th night
- Day 18 | Back to Port William Hut: on the Rakiura Track
- Day 19 | Tuatara, Invercargill again: and all these people around
- Leslie-Karamea Track blog | May 2013
- Day 1 | Belltown Manunui Hut: wow, a full house
- Day 2 | Little Wanganui Shelter: hey, that's not so far
- Day 3 | Stag Flat Shelter: no stags about, just chamois
- Day 4 | Trevor Carter Hut: a good 'un
- Day 5 | Trevor Carter Hut: yeah, the full day off
- Day 6 | Thor Hut: between the swing bridge and that green river
- Day 7 | Venus Hut: from worst to best hut, it's now a classic
- Day 8 | Crow Hut: well, there was someone around, her name, Sonja
- Day 9 | Karamea Bend Hut: no wood? err, well find some, it's a forest
- Day 10 | Salisbury Lodge: some cold, lonely, luxury
- Day 11 | Back in Nelson: the slog down that hill
- Wrap up | Back in Nelson and drinking real coffee once again
- Nelson Lakes blog | April 2013
- Day 1 | Speargrass Hut: that's enough, getting in from Nelson
- Day 2 | D'Urville Hut: back again, I first came here, umm, a long time ago
- Day 3 | Tiraumea Hut: on my lonesome once again, bliss
- Day 4 | Mole Hut: and not a mole to be seen
- Day 5 | Downie Hut: Matakitaki River, a big day but I made it
- Day 6 | Bobs Hut: under the shadow of Gloriana
- Day 7 | Bobs Hut: if you are in Paradise, why move on?
- Day 8 | East Matakitaki Hut: and the rain comes down
- Day 9 | Upper D'Urville Bivvy: a tiny hut makes Mole Hut seem a palace
- Day 10 | Blue Lake Hut: the clearest freshwater in the world
- Day 11 | West Sabine Hut: with a raging fire, getting the socks dry, finally
- Day 12 | Upper Travers Hut: 24 bunks, double glazing and just me
- Day 13 | Lakehead Hut: this hut's feeling tired, I'm feeling tired
- Day 14 | Back in Nelson: and what about all those people?
- Later | Nelson: the wrap-up
- Mt Richmond blog | April 2013
- Larapinta Trail, central Australia blog | April 2012
- Day 1 | Wallaby Gap: marching off on the Larapinta
- Day 2 | Simpsons Gap: been here a few times in recent months
- Day 3 | Mulga Camp: out on my lonesome again
- Day 4 | Jay Creek: cooking by gas
- Day 5 | more Jay Creek: rest those feet
- Day 6 | Stanley Chasm: looks more impressive from the top
- Day 7 | Brinkley Bluff: on top of the world
- Day 8 | Birthday Waterhole: another OK campsite
- Day 9 | Fringed Lily Creek: some company tonight
- Day 10 | Hugh Gorge campsite: beaut day after the rain
- Day 11 | Rocky Gully campsite: a relaxing arvo after a longish walk
- Day 12 | Ellery Creek Big Hole: end of the Larapinta for me
- Wrap up | back in Alice: a few days before blast off on my bike
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