Saturday 21 March Lake Hawea to Wanaka Start 9am Finish 4pm Distance 25km Total 2585km Elevation : None Weather: Overcast then rain just as I arrived in Wana...

Friday 19 March Stody's Hut to Lake Hawea Start 8am Finish 5.15pm Distance 22km Total 2,561km Elevation: approximately 800m up and 1250m down Weather: stunni...

Thursday 19 March Top Timaru Hut to Stody's Hut Start 8.30 am Finish 4.45pm Distance 14km Total 2,539km Steps 21,957 Elevation: 800m Weather: fine, high clou...

Wednesday 18 March Ahuriri River to Top Timaru Hut Start 9.35am Finish 6.45pm Distance 25km Total 2,525km Steps 36,170 Elevation: 1000m Weather: sunny but co...

Tuesday 17 March Lake Middleton to northern side of Ahuriri River Distance 28km Total 2,500km Steps 40,785 Elevation 800m Weather: initially cloudy, then sun...

Monday 16 March Twizel to Lake Ohau DOC campsite Distance 29km Total 2,472km Steps 47,087 Elevation: nothing much really Weather: sunny, but with a cool wind...

Sunday 15 March Edge of Lake Pukaki to Twizel Distance 24km Total 2,443km Steps Elevation: Weather: sunny The day dawned very foggy. It was a surreal view f...

Lake Takapō to edge of Lake Pukaki Saturday 14 March Start 10.15am Finish 7.10pm Distance 31km Total 2,620km Steps 50,701 Elevation 0m Weather: very warm, s...

Friday 13 March Lake Takapō I haven't left Lake Takapō yet. The plan was to do some of the road walking of the next section today and then hitch back here. T...

Thursday 12 March Mt Cook - Tasman Glacier Epic day. I had a brilliant guide, Dave, who was like a gazelle on the ice, and Mick assisting and acting as my pe...

Wednesday 11 March Side trip off trail Aoraki / Mt Cook 11.30am I arrived at Aoraki/Mt Cook Village this morning. A heavy low mist obliterated any view of th...

Tuesday 10 March Lake Takapō Today was supposed to be the day I walked the Tasman Glacier however the forecast is for rain so I have postponed it until Thurs...

Monday 9 March Lake Takapō I somehow have managed to reasonably successfully navigate myself 2,390km from Cape Reianga to Takapō and yet I couldn't follow t...

Sunday 8 March Camp Stream Hut to Takapō (Tekapo) Start 7.45 am Finish 4.40pm Distance 34km Total 2,389km Steps 53,842 Elevation Climb 200m, descent 800m Wea...

Saturday 7 March Stone Hut to Camp Stream Hut Start 6.45am Finish 3.40pm Distance 21km Total 2,355km Steps 30,929 Elevation climbed 800m, descent 800m Weathe...

Friday 6 March Rangitata River drop off point to Stone Hut Start 10.30am Finish 6.45pm Distance 17km Total 2334km Steps 25,184 Elevation: 1400m and I felt ev...

Thursday 5 March Lake Emily to Rangitata River pick up and shuttle to Geraldine Start 7.20am Finish 4.25pm Distance 29km Total 2315km Steps 51,111 Elevation...

Wednesday 4 March Comyns Hut to Lake Emily Start 7.45am Finish 4.40pm Distance 24km Total 2,286km Steps 35,334 Elevation: climbed at total of 800m, descended...

Tuesday 3 March Methven to track start by shuttle, then to Comyns Hut Start 1.35pm Finish 5.45pm Distance 15km Total 2,262km Steps 25,170 Elevation 900m Wea...

Monday 2 March Harper Village to Lake Coleridge Village, then shuttle to Methven Start 7am Finish 2.30pm Distance 28km Total 2245.5km Steps 45,890 Elevation...