Walking New Zealand No 159

Walking New Zealand, issue no 159 - 2011 1www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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New Zealand’s recreation walking magazine

Overseas Walk:

Hiking and cruising the islandsand the Amalfi Coast

New Zealand walk:

High roadwalking inCentral Otago

New Zealand walk:

New walkway linkstwo parks

High achiever:

John’sremarkablerecovery

New Zealand walk:

Craters of the Moon -

a geothermal walk

Motivation:

Believe and win

New Zealand walk;

Auckland’sKauri Glen Reserve

ISSUE No159 - 2011

APRILweatherforecast

Event:

New track opens at Mangawhai Heads

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4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New track opens at

Mangawhai Heads10 New Zealand walks: Walking festival ready for

greater numbers12 Overseas walks: Walking tour feature historic

USA sites13 High achiever: John’s remarkable recovery to

now having climbed the Mount14 New Zealand walk: Kauri Glen Reserve16 New Zealand walks: RainbowMountain-

CraterLake walks18 Te Araroa Trail: Clearwater residents helped mark

new South Island trail20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Craters of the Moon - a

geothermal walk25 Motivation: Believe and win26 New Zealand walks: New walkway links two

parks28 Event: Manawatu Super Seven grows in strength30 Overseas walks: Hiking and cruising around

coastal Italy34 New Zealand walk: High road walking in Central

Otago40 Book: Walks in nature - Melbourne40 Reader’s views: Says advise not “best practice”41 Health: How to walk away from fluid retention42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for April44 New Zealand coming events50 Overseas walks and tours52 Long walk: Walking the World54 Window on Waitakere: Waitakere Reservoir is

outward bound55 Event: Huntly half ready to roll for 201156 Country Breaks55 Nordic Walking Calendars59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets60 Wellington Marathon

Issue No 159 - 2011

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Just laughAn exhausted walker candetect an uphill grade soinsignificant that it would bemissed by most surveyors.

If you’re a keen hiker, angler, hunter, or other outdoor pursuitenthusiast you’re likely to already be familiar with the officialLINZ ‘NZTopo’ Topographic Map Series, traditionally purchasedas printed paper maps. These topo maps have now been madeeven easier to use and access through the free online servicewww.topomap.co.nz.Merging the official LINZ topo maps with the Google Mapsinterface everyone knows and loves makes this service a breezeto use and an invaluable tool for research or planning that nextbig adventure. It provides a level of detail simply not availablethrough Google Maps alone. Both the Topo250 and Topo50map series are made available for New Zealand, Stuart Islandand the Chatham Islands.Place name searching allows hard-to-find streams, peaks, huts,and other land features to be tracked down easily. Want toshare a location with a friend? Add a pin and label to the map,then send them the link – it’s that easy. Want to provide detailedinformation about a trip? More advanced users can add theirown KML overlay they’ve created in Google Earth. You caneven embed mini topo maps in your own website or blog usingthe service.For access to topo maps while on-the-road a mobile version ofthe service is available for iPhones, Android devices and othersmartphones. If available, the devices built-in GPS capabilitiescan be used by the service to pin-point your current locationon the map – handy if you’re a little lost!

Tour company launches new MelbourneCafé Culture WalkMelbourne’s love affair with freshly roasted coffee continues withthe launch of the new Melbourne Café Culture Walk from HiddenSecrets Tours.Known for their trademark insights into Australia’s most creativecity and its characters, Hidden Secrets tours are designed to inspireand stimulate the senses.Melbourne has Australia’s most sophisticated coffee scene andthe new tour exposes visitors to some of its coffee secrets -especially the hole-in-the-wall cafes Melbourne is renowned for.Explore cobblestoned laneways filled with the aroma of espressoand discover a breeding ground for some of Australia’s mostunique coffee houses from old-school Italian espresso bars to thegrowing network of ‘third wave’ coffee houses, social enterprises,and local entrepreneurs. Some offer the ‘bespoke coffee’experience – coffee made, exactingly, to the drinkers specification. Indulge in the atmosphereand an abundance of exotic brewing methods from around the world.The Melbourne Café Culture Walk is perfect for caffeine fiends looking for their next fix or for thoseinterested in discovering Melbourne’s taste sensations and those that make it happen.The tour runs Monday to Friday from 11am and costs $95 per person which includes all coffeeand food tastings, lunch and a goody bag filled with a coffee cup, maps, local coffee info andtram ticket.For more information: www.hiddensecretstours.com.

Walking to keep Kiwi Kids on trackLace up your walking shoes, grab your water bottle, and joinNew Zealanders across the country in The BigWalk 2011!The Big Walk is an event all New Zealandersare invited to take part in. Taking place in teniconic locations around New Zealand onSunday 03 April, participants choose from a 2.5,5 or 10km walk in some of our most beautifulwalking spots. All proceeds from The Big Walk will help raisefunds for Foundation for Youth Development’s (FYD) youthprogrammes.FYD programmes use the great outdoors, inspirational classroomleaders and world class mentors to help kids from age five to18 keep on track, develop confidence and self-belief, andcreate goals for the future.Locations: Kaikohe, Auckland, Coromandel, Hamilton, MtMaunganui, Tokoroa, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Christchurch andSouthland.To find out more visit www.fyd.org.nz.

“National recognition of a small Queenstown Lakes Districtcommunity should be viewed with pride by the entire district”,QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.The Gibbston Community has been named the Mitre 10Community of the Year at the New Zealander of the Year Awardsceremony - the ultimate acknowledgement of a job well done.“An association of no more than 100 members spent six yearsbucking setbacks, challenges and frustrations to deliver its visionof an iconic walkway. This was an extraordinary effort resultingin an asset that can now be enjoyed by the entire country,’Mayor van Uden said.At a cost of $1.4 million, the 8.5km walkway along the banks ofthe Kawarau River and featuring multiple bridges, picnic areasand breathtaking views, was officially opened in December.“With association chairwoman Susan Stevens at the helm, thisproject was literally delivered through blood sweat and tears,national recognition could not be more fitting,’ Mayor van Udensaid.In particular, Ms Stevens, who was singled out at the openingwith the presentation of an unexpected citation from the Mayor,should feel enormously proud of what had been achieved.“This award has sealed the Gibbston walkway’s position on thekiwi ‘must do’ list,” she said.

Top award for walking trackcommunity effort

Display panels forRatapihipihi TrackThe Ratapihipihi Track apopular walk through alowland forest will soon havea series of eightinterpretation panels thatfocus on the plant life of thereserve and their traditionaluses.The van Gorkom family hasfinanced this display inmemory of the Willem, whoenjoyed the Ratapihipihiwalk over many years. Thiswalk is a great example of alush, temperate rainforestwhere you’ll see kohekohe,tawa, puketea and nikaupalms.From New Plymouth, drive tothe southern end of TukapaStreet, turn into Davies Street,and then onto Cowling road.after two kilometres turn rightinto the sign posted drive tothe reserve.

Wilkies Pools barrierfree walk

Work on the barrier free trackto Wilkies Pools continues. Thistrack will eventually offerusers a barrier free stroll to apopular feature in theNational Park. Short stoptravellers are high users of thePark and the developmentof tracks such as thesereflects the use.

PrizewinnersThe winners of the this month’sWalking New Zealand promotionare: A588 Pedometer -MargaretShepherd, Hamilton and a sixmonth subscription extension toWalking New Zealand magazine -Petra Pilkington, Whangarei.


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Swanage Walking Festival

Walkers who complete the Rotorua Marathon have a chanceto win a trip for two to Austria to walk the section of the DanubePathway Linz to Vienna.The trip is sponsored by A Walker’s World and The DanubePathway Consortium.This prize is valued at over NZ$8,000 and those eligible will be allwalkers who complete the marathon in their chosen category.The newly opened Danube Pathway in Upper Austria will givewalkers 450 kms of pathway exclusively for their use. Imagineexploring on foot the gentle hills, forests, pretty villages, meadows,vineyards, fortresses and castles all with recurring views of theDanube River.One of the prettiest stages, and the route you will follow, isbetween Linz and the historic town of Grein along the DanubeValley. This eight day walk involves an average of 20 kms a dayeasy walking, usually up to 100 metres in altitude. However the

first days’ walk to Enns,the oldest town in Austria, is 32 kms.Features along the way are: St Florian, one of Austria’s largestBaroque abbeys; the Nazi concentration camp at Mauthausen;the medieval castle at Klam; the castle fortress of Bad Kreuzen;the beautiful Wolfsschlucht Gorge; and the Austrian MaritimeMuseum in the imposing 15th century Greinburg Castle.The walk is topped off with a wonderful cruise on the last daydown the Danube to Vienna, passing medieval castles andpicturesque villages surrounded by the vast vineyards of theWachau region.See the old wine merchants’ town of Krems and one of Austria’smost famous Baroque buildings, the Benedictine Abbey of Melk,which together with the Wachau area was awarded “Best HistoricDestination of the World 2008”.For a detailed itinerary visit www.walkersworld.co.nz and click onthe banner “The Danube Pathway” on the home page.

Walkers only prize in Rotorua Marathon

What is the best walkingspeed for a longer life?

No doubt about it, walking is the most user-friendly form ofexercise there is. But your everyday walking speed matters, too,especially if you’re trying to live a longer life.Here’s why: New research in the USA suggests that if youreveryday walking speed is more than just a casual stroll, you’lllive longer than your pokier peers.When researchers reviewed nine similarly structured studiesinvolving nearly 35,000 adults over the age of 65, study resultssuggested that gaitspeed was a bigpredictor of how longpeople would live.To reap longevityrewards and live longerthan expected,people’s everydaywalking speed neededto be at least 3.5kilometres per hour.That’s a little over onemetre every second.People with this gaitspeed typically outlivedthe slower-striding folks inthe study.A real walking workoutnow and then, whereyou get your heart rateup and sweat a little, isgreat for your long-termhealth, too. But theeveryday speed at which you get around could be animportant sign of how healthy you are.A person’s walking ability can be a window into the healthand function of a number of systems in the body because itrequires a coordinated effort between your heart, lungs, skeletalmuscles, and brain. So if you walk well — and often — it canbecome a powerful tool in your quest to live a longer life.


“Awarded for servicesto walking”. That would be

the citation if this was a New

Year Honours medal. But this

honour is a slightly different

one - different, but extremely

appropriate.

Jean and Don Goldschmidt, the power

house couple behind the world-famous-

in-NZ Mangawhai Walking Weekend, now

have a track named after them.

On a blustery Sunday morning late last year,

an enthusiastic crowd gathered at the

Mangawhai Heads carpark for a blessing and

a few brief speeches before Jean cut the rib-

bon and the Goldschmidt track was officially

open.

The entire throng promptly set off up the

hill, following Jean and Don. A steep scrab-

ble from the northern side of the carpark leads

to a high spot with views of the Mangawhai

Heads Track (part of Te Araroa Trail) to the

north, and of the Hen and Chickens Islands

out to the east.

Goldschmidt Track then winds down

New track opens atMangawhai Heads

Words by Miriam Beatson

Right: Looking over the Wildlife RefugeBird Santuary from a high point on thetrack. Photo Miriam Beatson

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Top left: A view of part of the residentialarea near the Manghawhai Heads.

Below left: The Mangawhai Beach withthe Hen and Chicken islands in thedistance. The walk along the beach is partof the Te Araroa Trail.

Far right below: The sign at the start of thetrack. Photos Frank Goldingham

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Above: The Mangawhai Harbour issheltered by the sanctuary to the left. PhotoFrank Goldingham

through scrub and treefern, crosses a small

road and heads into bush, with good stout

steps leading up to another high point look-

ing directly out across the harbour opening

towards the Mangawhai Sandspit Wildlife Ref-

uge and Bird Sanctuary, with the pale dunes

beyond.

Down the other side, the track gives

glimpses between the trees of the inner

beaches, yachts at their moorings, the

Mangawhai Heads Motor Camp and houses.

After a steep descent through Kanuka,

walkers cross an estate road and tackle more

uphill steps before following an access road

for a short way, then heading back into the

bush for the climb to the last high point, where

you can look back to where you have walked.

Over the top and a little way down the other

side is the end point of Cullen Street, a public

road.

New track opens atMangawhai Heads

Left: Jean Goldschmidt on the track onopening day.Below right: Walkers try out the new trackon opening day. Photos Miriam Beatson



Below: Jean and Don Goldschmidt at the opening ceremony. PhotoMiriam Beatson

Above: Some of the walkers on opening day. Photo Miriam Beatson

From the carpark to Cullen Street the walk takes about an hour. If

you don’t have a car here, you can make a loop walk by heading down

Mangawhai Heads Road and back along the beach to the Heads carpark.

This new track - planned, surveyed, cut, built and maintained by

local volunteers – is an entirely fitting tribute to the Goldschmidts.

Jean organised the first Mangawhai Walking Weekend 12 years ago,

and since then this highlight of the walking year has become firmly

inked on the calendars of hundreds of walkers around the country.

Every year, it is Jean’s bubbly personality and boundless energy

driving the event, ably assisted by Don, and backed by the entire com-

munity, who guide the different walks, host events, prepare packed

lunches, make breakfast for hundreds at the local school, provide ac-

commodation, and generally turn Mangawhai into the walking capital

of New Zealand.

The event now stretches over four days to fit in more than 30

walks.

In 2011 the dates are Friday March 31 to Monday April 3, and the

Goldschmidt Track is part of the Panoramic Mangawhai walk. Book-

ings for the weekend close on March 22, but the more popular walks

fill up early, so it pays to book as soon as you can.

For more information www.manga-whaiwalkingweekend.co.nz.

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New Zealand walks

Walkingfestivalready forgreaternumbers

By Pete Huggins,Department of Conservation

Event organisers are hoping for a thou

sand individual walkers at the 2011

ECHO Walking Festival in the

Coromandel this April.

Now into its eighth year, the festival is an

important part of the New Zealand walking

calendar, says event organiser Julie Stephenson:

“ECHO offers a free introduction to the stun-

ning Coromandel and Kaimai outdoors, run

by enthusiastic walkers with experience and

local knowledge, and features exciting activi-

ties which add flavour to the twenty-six walks

on offer”.

Registrations are now online, making book-

ing and organising much easier. Julie says that

the ECHO website, www.echowalkfest.org.nz,

has been a major focus of the organising com-

mittee. “Our website has everything you need

to know about the walks, and you can register

your group or family by the click of a but-

ton”.

“We’d like to invite walking groups from

across New Zealand to come and try our walks

– we think you’ll love them!” says Julie.

This year’s ECHO walks boast attractions

above and beyond the joy of walking; for ex-

ample the Lillis and Lemonade walk takes in

the historic Coromandel Lillis Mine ruins and

finishes with a traditional miner’s lemonade at

the local hotel.

Kapai the Kiwi is a family-oriented short

walk to a grove of mature kauri trees where

acclaimed children’s writer Tommy Kapai

Wilson will enchant listeners with a story of a

special little kiwi bird.

Further details can be seen in the event

calendar on opposite page or online.

The festival starts in beautiful Paeroa on

April 16th and finishes in Te Aroha on April

30th.

There are guided walks on offer through-

out the Easter break – making the festival a

perfect opportunity for holidaymakers and

people looking to make the most of the au-

tumn weather.

Individual walkers, families and groups are

welcome to register, along with organised

tramping and outdoor clubs, with many walks

in easy reach from Auckland, Hamilton or

Tauranga.

Visitors from farther afield will find suit-

able accommodation in Paeroa, Waihi,

Coromandel, Te Aroha and Katikati. The

walks themselves are free, with a collection of

gold coin donations to help cover costs.

The ECHO Walking Festival organising

committee is urging people to register now for

what promises to be a memorable experience

of 2011.

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Above: Walkers on the WaiorongomaiExplorer Walk get up close to the historictramway and winding gear. DOC photo

Saturday April 16

Senior Delinquent’s Walk, Paeroa.

Grade 1

or Lillis and Lemonade, Coromandel. Grade 3

Sunday April 17

Coromandel Coastal Walkway, Whitianga.

Grade 3 - 4

or Conveyor Belt Boogie, Waihi.

Grade 3

Monday April 18

Te Aroha Gold Rush, Te Aroha. Grade 3

or Pit Rim Adventure, Waihi. Grade 1

Tuesday April 19

Drunken Tui Walk, Paeroa. Grade 3

or The Great Kaimai Traverse, Katikati. Grade 4

Wednesday April 20

Nice To Meet You Mr. Weta, Thames. Grade 1

or New Chums Picnic Walk, Whitianga.

Grade 1 - 2

or Wairere Challenge, Te Aroha.

Grade 5

Thursday April 21

Loggers Loop, Paeroa. Grade 4

or Waihi Express, Waihi. Grade 1

Friday April 22

Cook’s Discovery, Whitianga. Grade 2

Saturday April 23

Wentworth Valley Falls, Thames. Grade 3

Sunday April 24

Waihi Beach Cliff Tops, Waihi.

Grade 4

Monday April 25

Tukituki Farm Beach, Coromandel.

Grade 2-3

or Whitianganui a Kupe, Whitianga. Grade 1-2

or Kauri Walk, Whitianga.

Grade 1 - 2

Tuesday April 26

Simpson’s Farm Walk, Whitianga.

Grade 2

or Paeroa’s Amazing L&P Trail, Paeroa. Grade 1

Wednesday April 27

Waiorongomai Explorer, Te Aroha.

Grade 5

or Kapai the Kiwi - In the Kauri, Katikati.

Grade 1

Thursday April 28

Telegraph Road, Maratoto, Paeroa. Grade 4

Friday April 29

Karangahake Night Adventure, Paeroa. Grade 2

Saturday April 30

Healing the Tui Mine, Te Aroha.

Grade 4 - 5

ECHO Walking Festivalevent calendar

Below is the event calendar, for the ECHO Walking Festival in April. Go online

www.echowalkfest.org.nz for more details and to register.


The new “Trail To Independence Walk

ing Tour” of Historic Philadelphia fea

tures many of the popular historic sites

while combining the experience of the men

and women of the time. The walk is designed

to share some of the more personal history

of those who fought, worked, provided for

and encouraged the American quest for inde-

pendence.

While there are other walking Philadelphia

tours available, this tour goes away from just

seeing the sights and delves deep into the real

story behind the struggle for American Inde-

pendence.

"What makes this tour different," says

Myron Baer, Chief Operations Officer of

Uncle Sam's Walking Tours, "Is that we cover

the hidden stories that lurk behind the popu-

lar folklore.

“For example, we tell the little known sto-

ries behind the mythical figure that is George

Washington. We also uncover the story of Ben

Bache, editor of the American Aurora and

grandson of Ben Franklin, who died in prisonafter he tried to ruin the reputations of George

Washington and John Adams through his writ-

ing. “

We like to see history come alive through a

story, rather than just presenting a list of facts

while standing in front of the major sights and

attractions of Philadelphia. As our motto says,

we want our guests to "Go Home with a

Story."

Trail to Independence walking tour features

Walking tour features historicUSA sites

historic Philadelphia attractions including In-

dependence Hall, Washington Square, the First

and Second Bank of the United States, Ameri-

can Aurora, Carpenter Hall, Ben Franklin

Court, the Franklin Post Office, Christ Church,

the Betsy Ross House, and the Grave of

Benjamin Franklin.

The "Trail to Independence" lasts approxi-

mately 90 minutes and departs daily from the

Independence Visitors Center. Uncle Sam's

Philadelphia Walking Tours are closed Janu-

ary through February. For more info at

www.unclesamsphiladelphia.com about Uncle

Sam's Philadelphia and USA Tours.

Uncle Sam's Philadelphia Tours conducts

Philadelphia walking tours that immerse trav-

ellers in the history, culture, and glamour of

our nation's city that gave birth to the Inde-

pendence movement. Uncle Sam's Philadel-

phia is a division of Uncle Sam's USA Tours,

which currently offers daily New York City

Walking Tours, New York City Shopping

Tours, New York City Pub Crawls, New York

City Night Club Tours, and specialty private

SUV tours. Since its founding in 2009, Uncle

Sam's New York has quickly established itself

as one of the most popular companies for

New York City Tours.

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Above: John is the man in the middle of the photo with the leg brace with the group whowalked up to the top of Mt Maunganui.

On the morning of September 11th

2008 at 10.23am whilst working on

the construction of the new

Harbour Bridge in Tauranga, John’s world was

turned upside down when he was involved in

a work related accident, which left him with

severe life threatening injuries.

He fell down a 38ft concrete col-

umn breaking and

dislocating his

knee half way

down before land-

ing on concrete. “I

was down the col-

umn for a total of

48 minutes before I

was able to be rescued

due to the difficulty in-

volved in getting me out; which

nearly saw me lose my leg.”

John was airlifted to hospital where his in-

credible road to recovery began. He spent 100

days in hospital and after undergoing a total

of 15 operations John had to learn to use his

leg again.

He attended Synergistics Wellness Centre

where he completed hours of gym and physi-

otherapy work to help straighten

and strengthen his leg. As part of the physio

he was fitted with orthotics in order to help

him walk normally as his leg had been short-

ened by 15cm.

John suffers from hyposensitivity which is

where the response to stimulation or sensa-

tion is reduced due to the massive nerve dam-

age he had sustained. He was required to walk

on rough terrain to learn to cope with this.

Trying to stay motivated and enthusiastic

was hard but John’s physio referred him to the

Green Prescription Programme which offered

support for his activity as well as dietary help

to aid his recovery.

The Green Prescription Programme offers

a range of groups but the ‘Mount Challenge’

appealed to John straight away. “On hearing

about this programme I was immediately en-

thused and couldn’t wait to get started. It was

always a wish of mine to get to the top of the

Mount prior to my accident.”

Meeting every Tuesday and

Thursday morning over an eight

week period John developed a

recharged energy

for walking regu-

larly, especially after

meeting new people

and making new

friends. John remem-

bers when the group

started the challenge. “After week one we were

all tired, puffed and sweating, but each week

we became fitter and by the end of week eight

we finally achieved our goal of getting to the

top which was a moment I will never forget.”

The group had bonded and even though

the challenge was complete they couldn’t wait

until the next Tuesday when they could all meet

again to walk. “We still walk as a group twice a

week.”

“Since I have been introduced to Green

Prescription I have developed a passion for

John’s remarkable recovery tonow having climbed the Mount

an active lifestyle. Being active regularly and

having a healthy diet has helped me to lose

18kg and I no longer have high blood pres-

sure or high cholesterol. I have been able to

get a discount through the Green Prescrip-

tion Programme which has enabled me to join

a gym and swim regularly. I have also joined

the Nordic Walking group the programme

offers.

At the end of the day ‘you always remem-

ber the good times and not the bad’ and I can

wholeheartedly say that this is something I

have learnt through my accident. Without this

happening I may not have changed my life-

style and have the friends I do today.

Life can throw you lots of curveballs but

having a positive frame of mind and making

the most of the opportunities around you can

turn a negative situation into a life changing

experience. Being part of Green Prescription

has made me into a happier, healthier person

and I now start every day with a smile.”

I’m sure many readers will feel truly in-

spired by such an amazing story! Not only has

John made incredible changes to his own life-

style but he is so enthused about the pro-

gramme he has become a Green Prescription

Mentor and will be motivating and support-

ing the next group of Mount Challengers to

reach the top!

For more information about Green Pre-

scriptions go to www.moh.govt.nz.

“Older &Bolder”by JudithDoylePublished byNew HollandPublishers.Send cheque for$30 (this includesP&P) to:Judith Doyle, #3, 14 Oriental Terrace,Oriental Bay,Wellington.

High achiever


Kauri Glen in Northcote, Auckland,

has been a reserve since 1907. Al

though the forest has been milled for

Kauri, some large trees of 200 to 300 years in

age remain.

The main entrance is through Kauri Glen

Road, beside the Northcote College gymna-

sium. The track begins as a wide carriageway

amongst tall Kanuka. This opens out to a

bluff overlooking the dense growth in the val-

ley floor surrounded by tall Kauri.

The main loop track crosses the Waiurutoa

Stream and follows the northern ridge. On

descending to the valley floor at the eastern

end of the reserve the track passes through

Taraire forest before following the southern

ridge back to the main entrance.

A short secondary track with steps de-

scends down to the valley below and crosses a

bridge with views of a waterfall.

Cecil Eady Bush

Adjoining Kauri Glen is Cecil Eady Bush,

where the walk takes one hour. Access is at

the end of Woodside Avenue. The track con-

tinues along the north side of the Onepoto

Stream below a canopy of Kahikatea, Puriri,

Tanekaha and Totara. The track then climbs

on to Wattle Ridge and in the undergrowth

are deep ruts where bullock teams pulled out

kauri logs.

Allow about one a half hours to walk the

main loop track.

Kauri GIen Reserve

Top right: A view through an openingshows a lush forest area in Kauri Glen.

Below: A track map of Kauri Glen andCecil Eady Bush.


Above: From this bridge a waterfall can be seen.Top right: Nikau Palms dominate the landscape in this picture.Right: The information sign at the Kauri Glen Road entrance.Below left: The track is popular with locals.Below right: A fork on the track.

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For more information email:[email protected]

New Zealand walks

Rainbow Mountain Scenic Reserve lies

26 km south-east of Rotorua, beside

SH 5 (the Rotorua-Taupo highway).

Approaching from Rotorua, the carpark for

the walking track is situated just past the

turnoff for SH 38 (the Murupara/

Waikaremoana highway), on the left-hand side

of the road.

Rainbow Mountain is significant in botani-

cal and scientific terms, containing a complex

mixture of plant species, some of which are

rare and unique to geothermal areas. From its

volcanic origins, Rainbow Mountain

(Maungakakaramea, meaning ‘mountain of

coloured earth) has cooled over recent

years.Though places are still smouldering, the

native vegetation is regenerating.

The Rainbow Mountain-Crater Lake Walk

is a short walk to the first

lake that is about one

kilometre for the carpark

and takes about 15 min-

utes one way.

Here one can view

one of the crater lakes

and in the background

the rainbow coloured

cliffs.

The Rainbow Moun-

tain Scenic Reserve con-

tains a number of plants

which are unique to

geothermal areas. The

popular Crater Lakes

Rainbow Mountain-Crat


Te Araroa Trail

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Walk follows on from the first crater and is a

one-hour return hike.

From the carpark, follow the signs. There

are great views over two crater lakes that are

set against a backdrop of bare brown, orange

and red steaming cliffs and an array of

geothermal vegetation.

Fitter and more experienced hikers might

like to take the tramping track up to the moun-

tain summit. You would need to add another

three hours up to the summit and back from

the crater lakes.

ter Lake walks

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Above left: A view of the first crater lake some 15 minutes from thecarpark.Below far left: The information sign tells of the history.Below left: The sign on SH 5.Below right: The multi-coloured cliffs from the first crater lake.


Te Araroa Trail

Residents of the small town of Clearwater pitched in to mark up

the last 21 kms of a new 71-km Te Araroa track from the

Rakaia south to the Rangitata River in Canterbury.

Murray Thomas and his team from DOC Geraldine did most of

the trail work on a project that’s taken five years to put in place, but as

the track passed close to Lake Clearwater Village, locals joined the

effort to sign the trail through.

“It’s great to see people taking ownership of these trail projects to

deliver major recreational gains for their communities,” said Te Araroa’s

South Island Project Manager, Mike Pullar. “For me that is a large

part of what Te Araroa is about.”

DOC agents and Mike Pullar have kept an eye on all the property

transactions of the last five years seeking a connecting route through

classic high country hills that also made use of existing musterers

huts. Hakatere Station, Clent Hills Station, also Glenariffe and Barossa

stations all ceded routes, either by straight Nature Heritage purchases

for conservation, or Tenure Review.

The route between the two Canterbury braided rivers is a three or

four day tramp.

Day one involves a climb to Turtons Saddle (1,120 m) and then an

easy walk down to A-frame or Comyns Hut.

Day two is the most difficult and requires a good level of fitness.

In poor weather it also requires a high degree of back country tramp-

ing experience to navigate the way through.

The route is unformed and follows marker poles initially up Round

Hill Creek and then onwards to Clent Hills Saddle (1,480m).

Beyond the Saddle the track traverses towards the Mellish Stream

head waters and then descends to the Heron Basin. Double or Manuka

Huts are welcome sights at day’s end.

The remaining 34 km to a car park at the Potts River Bridge near

the Rangitata River is open and expansive, and can be windy.

No huts exist en route but there’s plenty of camping spots for

trampers who want the extra day to complete their trip.

Below: Typical tussocked landscape on the waydown from Clent Hills Saddle. Photo M Pullar

Te Araroa signage within Hakatere Conservation Park, Lake Emilyand Emily Hill behind. Photo M Pullar

Above: The original and derelict Comyns Hut(1890) is on the right. The ‘new’ Comyns Hut(1957) is on the left. Photo M Pullar

Clearwater residentshelped mark newSouth Island trail


Above: From the base of Mt Guy towards the Rangitata River. Thehaze is riverbed dust whipped up by a strong northwester. PhotoM Pullar


& 2XU 10km Fun Run/Walk

The Solid Energy Huntly Half and 2XU 10K

is a great event for walkers with it's

changing scenery and challenging course.

Lakeside walkways, operating mines, and scenic

paths all form part of this unique event.

Enter online at: www.huntlyhalf.co.nz

22nd May 20112011

Have you done the Huntly Half yet?


Digital Photo Contest

Left: The steep one and a half to two hour climb from theHooker Valley to Sealy Tarns is well worth the effort to getviews of Mt Cook (on the right), Mt Sefton (on the left) anda refection of his wife in the Tarn. Photo taken by LesterBarnes, New Plymouth.

Above: Climbing down the ladder on the Devil’s Staircaseon Mayor Island. Photo by Claire Woodhall, HavelockNorth.

Above: We are a “Herd of Cows” [couples on walks] who get together oncea month for a day walk in our area.December we decided would be Christmasin the Paddock. A wonderful evening was had in one of our memberspaddocks over looking the Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula. Photo takenby Tony Rhodes.My wife Marie [back to camera] is the catalyst for our groupresulting in us exploring places we would never normally get to.

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These are the winners of this month’sphotos in our Digital Photo Contest. Becausethere was just so many photos submittedcovering different angles we have decidedto publish seven instead of the usual threephotos this month.

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monthly winners

The image could be a scenic scene, a walk on the beach with the dog, abush walk, a street walk or anything walking that takes your fancy.

The rules are simply: there must be a person or persons walking in the picture either front, side or backon, and can be in the distance. We require an emailed image in high resolution mode, in jpeg format as anattachment, and NOT embedded in Word or in the email. Only email photos accepted, not posted photos.

In the subject line type “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” and the email must include the NAME,ADDRESS and phone number of the person who took the photo and a small caption.

In this contest only ONE emailed photo accepted per month. Entry in the contest automaticallyallows us to print the image. The person who has their photo published will receive a six month subscrip-tion or a renewal to Walking New Zealand magazine of six months. If a picture is chosen for the cover pagethe person will receive a 12 month subscription or renewal.

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Above: Stunning cliff-top views from Maunganui Bluff, 40km northof Dargaville. Photo by Viv Trounson, Dargaville.

Above: This beautiful walking track is at Oamaru, one the way tosee the Blue Penquins. Stunning day, stunning scenery. Photo byChristabelle Rathe, Warkworth.

Above: Wairere Falls, in the Kamai Ranges. My 13 year old sonwalking along the ridge of the 153m falls after we spent two hoursgetting to the summit. Amazing view of the Waikato below him. Photoby Rachel Gainfort, Whakamarma.

Above: The vast landscape in the Meket area of Northen Ethiopianear the town of Lalibela. Photo by Helen Wilson, Waihi.

Left: Cover - Stunningclifftop views fromMaunganui Bluff, 40kmnorth of Dargarville.Photo by Viv Trounson,Dargarville.


email: [email protected]

Craters of the Moon -C

raters of the Moon is a unique and

memorable experience for young and

old. In this thermal area is a

geothermal walk - a walk with a difference,

just off the main highway north of Taupo.

Allow approximately 45 minutes to com-

plete the loop and an additional 20 minutes

for the upper lookout (this section is steep and

stepped in places but the view is well worth

the effort and highly recommended).

The walk around Craters of the Moon vis-

its bubbling craters, fumaroles, mud pools and

steam vents. You can also see a lot of inter-

esting plants that have adapted to thrive in the

hot, steamy conditions. Enjoy this fantastic

geothermal area along well-formed pathways

with elevated viewing platforms for just a small

fee.

The largest crater on the left as you walk

down the track often discharges a lot of steam,

especially after rain or cold air conditions. It

last erupted in 1983 and pumice stones are

still clearly visible.

On hot windy days in summer you can see

a myriad of colours in this crater.

The two craters past the first lookout last

erupted in September 2002.

It was the biggest eruption in a decade. The

surrounding paths and boardwalks were cov-

ered with mud, ash and pumice to a depth of

5 cm.

Look for the large mud crater at the third

lookout. It is a highlight of the area and fre-

quently erupts pumice and mud.

Eruptions occur when steam passages, well

below the surface, are blocked by mud after

heavy rain or by earth movements.

The main track circuit is suited to people

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- a geothermal walk


Above far left: The bridge to a lookout.

Second from left: Walking up on the second level loop.

Above left: A group on a well formed pathway.

Above right: Walking on a boardwalk section.

Below: The view overlooking the mud crater.Photos by Beverley Goldingham


Above: A view over the geothermal area, showing some multi-coloured rocks.

Mobile 027-603-0321 Phone: 06-307-7857 Email: [email protected]

of all ages and fitness levels, and is wheelchair

accessible.

History

The Craters of the Moon started to ap-

pear from 1950 as a result of utilizing the un-

derground thermal energy in the Wairakei

Valley.

This area used to contain light geothermal

activity until the construction of Wairakei

Geothermal Power Station, approximately

2000 metres north of the field.

The power station lowered underground

water levels and the fumaroles and mud pools

became more active. There was less water to

cool the magma and the ground cavity which

was previously full of water is now full of high

pressure sulphurous steam.

Craters of the Moon - a geothermal walk

Fact fileCraters of the Moon is situated just

north of Taupo and is 2km from StateHighway 1 at the end of Karapiti Road,5.5km north of Taupo.

Open 364 days a year, the walk issuited to people of all ages and fitnesslevels and is wheelchair accessible.

Open: 8.30am - 6pm November to6 April.

8.30am - 5.30pm during wintermonths.

There is a small admission charge.


Motivation

Believe and winBy

Megan Blatchford-Peck

You have achieved great results during

your training sessions. You couldn’t

have hoped for better preparation for

your big walking event. But for some reason,

on the day when it all counts, you

don’t fire up and reach your full

potential.

Does this sound familiar?

As soon as you have completed

an event, your mind goes into

search mode and asks ‘why’ and

you will most likely identify a vari-

ety of excuses and assumptions,

such as, eating the wrong breakfast

or wearing unlucky socks!

Could one of the key reasons

for not doing the business on the

day be simply, you didn’t really be-

lieve that you could?

Consider your next key sport-

ing goal or event. What is your level

of belief that you will perform

well? This is what you actually be-

lieve, not what you would like to

happen.

Fact: It is very difficult to do

something well unless you believe,

or begin to believe that you can do

it. Belief builds motivation and

confidence.

A good example can be found

in the area of weight loss. For peo-

ple who have tried many times to

lose weight and failed, their level

of belief in succeeding is often not

strong and the moment they don’t

follow through and eat as planned, they feel

disappointed. This reinforces and lowers their

self-belief and therefore nothing changes.

Reasons why belief in ourselves may not

be high include:

· Lack of a supportive environment - part-

ner, coaches, competitors.

· Feeling the pressure to live up to the ex-

pectations which you feel are too high.

· You may excel at your sport, but have

low levels of confidence in other areas of your

life.

· Past setbacks and put downs that have

had a negative emotional impact.

· Subconsciously you don’t want to be let

down, so you don’t set high expectations.

· Wanting to achieve something you no you

are not yet physically conditioned to do.

Building belief is a critical part of the train-

ing process but something overlooked by

many. When it becomes an integral part of

your preparation, strong belief produces:

· High confidence levels.

· Improved motivation.

· Consistent performances.

· A raised energy vibration, which makes

it easier to get in the zone.

The good news about beliefs is we can

change them if they don’t support our goals.

One way to understand how your mind

works and beliefs are formed, is to compare it

with a computer.

Hard Drive. This is where you store vast

amounts of information, such as your likes

and dislikes, life learnings, experiences, and

beliefs.

For example, think of a memory of a sport-

ing event during your school days. A few

moments ago you weren’t thinking of that.

Take action 1. Consider a key event for which you

want to deliver an outstanding perform-

ance.

2. Rate your current level of belief on

a scale of 1 to 10 (1=no belief and 10=

absolute belief).

3. If you rated eight or less, list the

reasons why you don’t have absolute be-

lief in yourself.

4. Decide what beliefs you would like

to hold.

5. Consider actions that you can take

to build that belief.

Where did that information come from? It

was stored away on your ‘hard drive’ or that

part of your mind that is referred to as your

‘subconscious mind’.

Software. Your mind runs programmes

which apply to different areas of your life.

These programmes (beliefs), have been de-

signed and shaped by your thoughts, feel-

ings, and self talk.

Now, think about a school sporting

event. How did you perform? The

thought power you gave it (whether posi-

tive, neutral or negative), and the repeti-

tion or focus given will determine whether

it has influenced your belief about your

ability in that area today.

Negative beliefs can also form unin-

tentionally even when people are well

meaning.

For example, your coach is consistently

telling you before an event “don’t get nerv-

ous, just relax”. The Coach thinks that

he/she is being supportive, but what is re-

ally happening, is that you are downloading

and reinforcing a belief, “that you get nerv-

ous before a race.” This is not positive

mind programming!

How much time do you normally

spend thinking negatively about an area

of your performance? What if your mind

was focused on what you did want to hap-

pen? Just like any aspect of training, you

need to invest time and effort to make

changes.

Why generate negative beliefs when

you can use the same amount of time

downloading positive, supportive, success

driven beliefs that will most likely give you

an edge over your competitors!

Motivation



New Zealand walk

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Walkway links two par

A new walkway linking Kowhai Park and

Kitchener Park in Feilding is now

open. After years of planning and

negotiations the 4km

track beside the Makino

Stream was open last

year.

Kowhai Park is be-

ing remodelled with the

planting of many exam-

ples of species and hy-

brid of Kowhai.

“The walkway will attract many more us-

ers to the park says Albert James, Manawatu

District Council parks and reserve manager.

Walkers, joggers and dog owners will now be

able to follow a path of good length”, says Mr

James.

Kitchener Park is well known for its board

walks through mature Kahikatea, Matai and

Totara trees.

Above: The track follows beside theMakino Stream

Top left: The track was closed for a fewdays to improve the surface on a section.

Below left: The track is flat over the 4kmexcept for a rise over an overbridge.



ks

Top right: The walkway beside Manfield,a popular event centre.

Right: The Makino Stream on the left onan open section close to Kitchner Park.

Below: The walkway passes under ashaded tree section.

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Super Sevens eventgrows in strength


The Manawatu Strider Su

per Seven Series starting

January each year contin-

ues to grown in strength. This

year over 1800 people including

famlies have entered in one of the

seven events. The 7km course

goes along the the Centennial La-

goon and returns along the pic-

turesque Bridle Track beside the

Manawatu River and then through

the Esplanade to the finish line.


Overseas walks

Above: Pretty Positano drapes over thesteep spurs of the indented cove.

The Amalfi Coast on the Sorrentine Pe

ninsula in Italy is a stunning coastline

for walkers.

Steep rugged cliffs are interlaced by a net-

work of pathways and mule tracks high above

busy resort towns and swimming coves.

Views are spectacular; there are ruins of old

forts; quaint village churches; and neatly ter-

raced vineyards, orchards and olive groves that

tumble down the sheer sides of rocky faces.

A small traditional vessel

cruises this magical coastline

and the pretty islands of the

Gulf of Naples allowing walk-

ers to disembark and explore

on foot.

The island of Procida is the

first port of call, after embarking from busy

Naples, to spend the first night in a small fish-

ing harbour almost untouched for 300 years.

The following day the walking starts in ear-

nest on the island of Ischia to hike up to the

imposing landmark castle of the Aragonese.

The trail down is via charming villages to end

at steamy natural hot springs where you can

take a dip, or better still if the weather is warm,

return to the ship and swim is the cool waters

of the Mediterranean.

It’s a wonderful cruise from Ischia round

the peninsula. The coast is blessed with sun-

shine most of the year and centuries old vil-

lages like Positano and Amalfi have grown into

seaside resorts famous for their beauty and

old fishing village charm.

The ship docks in the harbour at Amalfi

whose town centre is a traffic-free zone ex-

cept for local suppliers’ vehicles. The over-

whelming attraction of the main piazza is the

1,000 year old Duomo (cathedral) with its

splendid bronze doors and interlaced white-

washed arches of the Chiostro del Paradiso.

The day’s hike up to stunning Ravello winds

through the narrow shop-lined

alleyways to the Valle dei Mulini

where ancient paper mills still

stand. Zig-zag upwards on

flights of stone steps through the

fragrant groves of lemon trees

that produce fruit the size of

mini pumpkins.

There is a side excursion to the Torre dello

Zirro, one of the many medieval towers that

dot the coast.

High on the peninsula, above where craggy

slopes and bluffs rise almost perpendicular

from the sea, is another world that doesn’t

belong to beach umbrellas, traffic noise, sou-

venir shops and swanky restaurants. Flight

after flight of ancient stone steps and walking

trails weave a route between the peninsula’s

isolated mountain villages and hamlets.

Ravello, perched high on a rocky spur with

spectacular views of the Amalfi coast, is with-

out a doubt the gem of the entire peninsula.

By JillGrant

Jill is anAuckland

basedjournalist andphotographer

Hiking and cruisingaround coastal Italy


Below: Old fishing villages such as Amalfiare lively resort towns in summer

Below: The monastery of San Domenica on the Pathway of The Gods overlooks the Amalficoast.



Overseas walks

The cobbled lanes reveal a wealth

of art and opulence in its

churches, chapels and residences.

The beautiful Villa Ruffolo, where

outdoor concerts are performed,

and Villa Cimbrone deserve their

magnificent settings high above

this dramatic coastline.

At the end of this long day, the

local bus backed down to Amalfi.

I could easily have stayed at

Ravello drinking in the views but

the ship was waiting and one of

the crews’ fine dinners was on

Sentiero Deglia Dei or Pathway Of

the Gods.

It has a godly start by way of

steep flights of zigzag stairs that

are marked by the Stations Of The

Cross with simple wooden crosses

at intervals. It ascends from a small

village to the monastery of San

Domenica before it reaches the

heady heights.

As the creamy coloured villages

below retreat, the wildness of the

mountains takes over.

Amazingly there is the odd

small farm of terraces carved in

the hollow of a cliff and a house

incredibly hewn into the rock face,

deck with the lights and liveliness

of Amalfi within a stone’s throw.

What’s great about the

Sorrentine Peninsula is that you

can enjoy the peace of traditional

rural life up in the mountains

within a few hours walk then de-

scend to the coast to enjoy all the

trappings of a vibrant resort town

in the evening.

The next day’s trail is the one

that almost puts your head in the

clouds, reaching close to the high-

est point on the peninsula, the


Above: The Pathway of The Gods is high on the Sorrentine Peninsula.Below left: There are 57 steps ascending from the main piazza in Amalfi up to the Duomo.Below right: Dwellings are built into the rock face high on the peninsula.


Above: View to the Isle ofCapri.Right: Ravello has many finemonuments such as VillaCimbrone.Below: Charming mountainvillage of Nocelle.

low and the bell towers of

churches mark the centre of each

village. Tended shrines appear on

hillsides and promontories with

barely discernible by colour and

texture. The only sign of life are

the long-haired goats that browse

the steep slopes

The track is rocky and steep in

places but the views are as divine

as the name suggests. It traverses

the sharp spurs of the peninsula

that slip into the blue Mediterra-

nean. White-washed houses and

villages are bright spots dotted be-

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Above: Ravello to Amalfi through the lemon groves. Below: 14 station of the cross before arriving at the Monastery of San Dominico.

precarious access, all created in the name of God.

After the wilderness, the route winds through charming mountain

villages like Nocelle and Montepertuso, which literally translates, and

is named after, the ‘fantastic hole’ in the mountain.

The way down to Positano and it’s attractive horse-shoe shaped

bay is like the way up, plenty of flights of stone steps mostly through

olive groves. Positano epitomises the pleasures and gaiety of resort

life yet still retains its old world charm.

With the boat based in the bay at Sorrento, the next day we went by

speed boat to the idyllic Isle of Capri. Even though 15,000 visitors

come to the island daily over the summer months, there are still peaceful

scenic corners to walk before joining the melee in the main spots of

the island.

Our last day was spent inland travelling to Mt Vesuvius for a hike


Fact fileHow to get there: A week-long guided walk commences from Na-

ples, a two hour train journey south from Rome. Flights are available toNaples.

Grade: This walk is graded moderate to energetic. There are manyflights of steep steps and some places are not suitable for vertigo suffer-ers. However walks are short, around 4 – 5 hours.

Cost: A week-long Cruise & Hike tour is Euros 1550 (approx NZ$2,844)share twin and includes breakfast and dinner or lunch daily plus the serv-ices of a guide.

When to go: Cruises operate most weeks April to end of October.Temperatures are quite high July and August

For more information:Contact A Walker ’s World – Phone 09 4867471/3

[email protected] www.walkersworld.co.nz.34 Walking New Zealand, issue no 159 - 2011


Above: Looking back to Atrani.Right: A traditional wooden vessel is a cruising hotel for smallparties on the Cruise & Hike tour of the Amalfi Coast and Bay ofNaples. Bottom: Shopping in Amalf.

Overseas walks

up to the crater then visiting the archaeological ruins of Pompeii bur-

ied by the mountain’s eruption in 79 AD. The tour starts at the Sub-

urban Bath House then enters shops, houses, gardens, temples, mar-

kets and finally the Basilica.

The excavations are remarkable considering the village was buried

2,000 years ago.

Like all good things the voyage came to an end back at Naples and

our group of 12 bade ‘arrivederci’ to crew and guide. It had been a

fantastic week of walking and exploring; relaxing on deck in the sun;

swimming in the warm Med; dining ‘al fresco’; and indulging my pas-

sion for gelato.


Right: Cromwell and Lake Dunstan fromhigh on the Nevis Road.

Below: The Carrick water race departingDuffers Saddle with the Cairnmuir Rangeand Alexandra district beyond.

New Zealand walk

■

By Iain Galloway

There are few chances to walk at alti

tude 1300 meters without considerable

time and effort spent gaining that

height. Where the Nevis Road crosses the top

of the Old Woman Range south of Cromwell,

the car has done the hard work. This leaves

you the chance to enjoy a moderate walk in an

alpine environment that has many rewards, in

fine weather, and, when adequately equipped.

The Old Woman Range lies directly south

of the Cromwell Basin. As is the case with

many Central Otago ranges, steep

sided, bulky mountains with flat-

tish, tor strewn tops. Once “up

there” they provide good walking

amongst what has been described

as a moonscape.

The drive from Cromwell,

through historic Bannockburn is

on sealed road. Once the Nevis Road is

reached, a steep and relentless climb out of

the Bannockburn Valley follows. It is a drive

for confident and experienced drivers on a

good gravel surface. Allow 30 minutes for the

journey.

A car park on the southern side of the road

and a sign announcing the altitude set well

above head height. Large tors (rocky outcrops),

many several meters high, lie strewn randomly

about the broad open tops.

To the west, we look the Hector Moun-

tains in the eye They separate the Nevis Val-

ley, far below, from Lake Wakatipu, further to

the west. It is early November and they still

have significant snow on the tops.

The walk follows a four-wheel drive road,

south into Duffers Saddle. It is here that we

saw the link to Bannockburn’s history.

The Carrick water race flows west-east

through the saddle. The amazing engineering

feat was built in the 1870’s, winds 35

kilometers from high in the Old

Woman Range, through the saddle and

into the Carrick Range to the now

abandoned gold mining settlement of

Carrick Town. Here the water was used

to drive a water wheel, which in turn

drove a stamping battery. The latter

broke up the rock to hopefully reveal gold.

The water is fresh, clear and clean and an ideal

place to top water bottles up.

Throughout the day we were to see

glimpses of the race. Sometimes a brief look

from high above, appearing from below the

brow of the slope, and then disappearing

around the fold of a spur. Later on the return

drive it could be seen as a broken line across

the folds of the Carrick Range.

Leaving the saddle, the road climbs onto

the ridge top to meander south through an

arid landscape. The road to Old Woman Hut,

our destination, undulates in climbing to

1500m over the four kilometer journey.

Through much of the journey the outstand-

ing views to the west are breathtaking. Rest

stops were invariably in the shade of a tor,

looking toward the Hectors.

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Below left: On your return look out for ahuge schist tor with a hole in it. The HectorMountains are framed.

Below right: The tall sign and car park atthe top of the Nevis Road.

vide a scattered covering for the crumbly or-

ange-brown soil.

Unfortunately, our early November visit

was too early for the alpine flowers that the

range has a name for. Wandering off the road,

occasionally revealed a tiny yellow flowered

prostrate shrub and white gentian amongst the

predominant tussock and Spaniard (spear

grass). There was, however, an abundance of

small brown alpine grass-hoppers which fled

our footfall with impressive leaps, many times

the length of their bodies.

Closer inspection of tors revealed a new

world. Particularly on their southern sides, the

craggy out crops took on a grey-green appear-

ance. The cause was a forest of foliose lichen

with thin sheet like fingers that clung to the

tor surface, contrasting with the familiar white

blotches of crustose lichen.

The effect of repeated freezing and thaw-

ing of water that pools on the surface of tors

has eroded the weak points if the rock struc-

ture.

Climbing onto a tor sometimes revealed a

large heavy rock sitting in top, having long since

broken from the “parent rock” beneath. One

huge lump of schist had a window on the

world through its middle, framing the Hector

Mountains.

Shortly before the Old Woman hut is

reached the road enters a Department of Con-

servation reserve, noted particularly for the

alpine plants that grow on what is known as

the Polar Plateau. The corrugated iron struc-

ture, six-bunked hut is the replacement for the

original musterers hut built in 1910 for work-

ers on the Cairnmuir Station. It was replaced

by the present structure in 1961 after burning

down. The hut administered by DOC is set

beside a beautiful, crystal clear stream. A party

of scientists had driven in and were in resi-

dence.

This is an ideal position for a hut in such

an arid climate. Aside from winter snow there

is little other precipitation. There is a hut

bucket! In the hut there was a notice relating

to rare geckos, and asking that sightings be

reported. None were seen, however, we did

disturb a skink that scuttled off to hide,

amongst the razor sharp leaves of a speargrass

bush. Very brave we thought!

Though the return walk is over the same

stretch of road, it is amazing how a different

perspective holds interest. There are still the

amazing views of the Hectors, but also, of

the larger Southern Alps beyond to the north.

We were lucky enough to see both mounts

Cook and Aspiring on the clear day we had.

Closer at hand were views of the Pisa

Range which bounds the western side of the

Cromwell Basin. The Carrick water race and

Duffers Saddle, and looking eastwards the

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Above: The Carrick water race in Duffers Saddle with the Hector Mountains behind

Below: The destination. Old Woman Hut.

Fact file• www.cromwell.org.nz has a

wealth of information about thearea, including other walks. The in-formation centre in the shoppingmall is excellent.

• The Nevis Road should only beattempted in summer conditions. Itis not for the inexperienced or driv-ers lacking in confidence. The roadto the hut is for four wheel drivevehicles only in summer conditions.

• Walk prepared for all weathersas, just in any alpine environmentweather can rapidly change. Carrya day pack with warm clothing, in-cluding hat and gloves, a waterproofcoat, food and water. Take sun-screen and a hat. It is needed.

Cairnmir Range and the Alexandra area.

The return descent of the Nevis Road was

punctuated with stops to look at the views

down over the Bannockburn Valley, Cromwell,

Lake Dunstan and the surrounding ranges.

Once tiny Bannockburn was reached, a visit

to the historic Bannockburn Hotel for a quiet

one in the shady garden behind the pub was a

perfect way to end a great walk.


Newly released ‘deck of cards’ set

Walks in Nature: Melbourne offers

a great short cut for visitors want-

ing explore Victoria’s abundant nature-based

attractions and experiences.

Released late last year by Explore Australia,

and compiled by environmentally friendly de-

sign company Viola, Walks in Nature: Mel-

bourne showcases 32 scenic walking tracks

located within two hours of Melbourne.

The featured walks vary between 9 and 19

kilometres in length, with each card colour-

coded according to the season that best suits

the environment. Choose your walks from pic-

turesque forests in summer; vineyards and

farmland rich with abundant colours in au-

tumn; brisk coastal strolls in winter or hotspots

overflowing with rich, native flowering plants

in spring.

Each card also includes a place to eat as

part of the trail, as well as other useful notes

such as street directory references, track con-

ditions, maps and the level of difficulty.

Walks in Nature: Melbourne (retail price

Walks in Nature: Melbourne

AUD24.95) is available from good bookshops,

newsagencies and specialty retailers in Aus-

tralia.

Gary replies:Thank you for your letter.

I appreciate that what I am advising does

not sit comfortably with mainstream nutrition

and medical experts.

However; it does sit well with many expe-

rienced health practitioners world-wide who

know that the key to good health is a diet that

is based predominantly on traditional foods

that are minimally processed.

It is not a coincidence that the explosion

in industrially processed foods, including "99%

fat-free", almost perfectly matches the onset

of the Obesity epidemic and the proliferation

I believe it would be wise to print a note

of caution as a follow up to the article: “How

to eat your way to a great body” by Gary Moller

in your Walking New Zealand Magazine issue

157.

Much of the advise on eating offered by

Mr Moller would not be accepted as best prac-

tice by my health professional.

Your sincerely

Lawrence Woods

of diseases such as diabetes,

hypercholesterolemia and hypothyroid.

Going fat free is a sure guarantee for weight

gain and general ill health.

Health trends worldwide support these

statements.

On the other hand, a diet that is based on

unprocessed and preferably traditional foods

is a sure recipe for good health when com-

bined with regular, moderate exercise.

The Chicago-based Weston Price Founda-

tion (www.westonaprice.org) is an authorita-

tive champion of the health benefits of tradi-

tional foods. Their website has a wealth of

nutrition information and well worth explor-

ing. This not-for-profit foundation has chap-

ters world-wide, including New Zealand.

As an aside, the Foundation's Director, Sally

Fallon, is married to a retired Southland

farmer. Small world!

If there is to be a health warning associ-

ated with my articles, I would like something

along these lines:

Health Warning: Likely effects from the advice

that follows include looking good and feeling great!

Gary Moller

Readers views


Says advise not “best practice”

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Health

by Gary MollerDip Ph Ed PG Dip Rehab PG Dip Sport Med (Otago) FCE Certified

How to walk awayfrom fluid retention


Fluid retention, or lymphoedema is the

unsightly and uncomfortable accumu

lation of lymphatic fluid in the limbs,

seen as swelling of the ankles and hands as

the day progresses.

While some relief may be gained with drugs

called diuretics (often referred to as “water

pills”), these are mostly of temporary benefit

and side effects such as fatigue, fuzzy think-

ing and weight gain, especially about the waist

and hips, serve only to make matters worse

over the long term.

Diuretics are drugs your doctor may pre-

scribe to reduce blood pressure and oedema.

They do this by increasing the urinary salt ex-

cretion, and water just happens to come along.

The intended “benefit” is that you become

chronically dehydrated, thus lowering blood

pressure and lymphoedema - hopefully. Com-

mon sense tells us that this is not good for

your health.

Water follows tissue salts: No salts =

Body waterlogged

“Soggy Body Syndrome”

If there is a shortage of tissue salts, the

inside of your cells (“intracellular”) become

progressively dehydrated, while excess water

collects outside of the cells in what is called

the “extracellular matrix”.

You can’t just go on pumping mineral salts

out of the body year after year with diuretics

without carefully replacing what is being lost.

You will become increasingly waterlogged -

the very condition for which the pills were

prescribed! If this goes on for too long, you

will get very, very tired.

Life becomes a real drag! This will be more

of a health issue when diuretics are combined

with the advice to cut all salt out of your diet

- and who is not told to do so nowadays?

Low Tissue Mineral Salts = Oedema and

Fatigue

Not all salts are the same. Refined table

salt is pure sodium chloride with a few addi-

tives. This, on its own, may contribute to

health problems, including high blood pres-

sure and lymphoedema by causing imbalances

between it and other minerals. Natural salt,

especially the pink Himalayan Sea Salt, is not

just sodium chloride; but over 100 different

minerals, including magnesium, potassium,

copper and zinc (Himalayan Sea Salt is avail-

able off my website

www.GaryMoller.com).

When combined with a

diet that is rich in vita-

mins and minerals, the

pink salt will energise

you, hydrates cells, en-

courage f luid f low

within the body and

may normalise blood pressure.

The best salt for cases of fluid retention is

Himalayan Sea Salt with Kelp (a rich source

of iodine and other minerals). There are many

other supplementary measures that you can

employ to improve circulation, such as Co-

enzyme Q-10, vitamin E and Ginkgo; but what

is suggested here is a good start.

If you want to do more, then it is best you

consult an experienced natural health practi-

tioner first and coordinate with your doctor.

This is especially important if you have com-

plex health issues and on prescription medi-

cines.

Cut out refined salt and generously re-

place with pink salt

Exercise is the next measure and the most

convenient exercise for reversing fluid reten-

tion is walking.

Walking causes the leg muscles to contract

and relax in a steady rhythm, pumping venous

blood and lymph fluid upwards to the heart,

lungs and liver where they are cleansed and

re-oxygenated.

You don’t need to do all that much: Just 15

minutes around the block before breakfast and

then two or three similar walks spread over

the day. If you spend a lot of your day sitting

or standing, then it is important that you get a

short walk in at every opportunity to counter

any tendency for blood to pool in the legs.

So, walk to work; use the stairs, take the long

way, use your feet instead of the phone/email.

Park at the far end of the parking lot. Play

ball with the kids.

Walking in shallow water and aqua-jogging

will facilitate the shifting of stag-

nant fluid from the legs, as will

walking and bouncing gently on a

Lymphacizer rebounder (available

from www.GaryMoller.com). Give

preference, however, to getting

outdoors. Explore walking tracks

at every opportunity.

When walking, make sure that

the arms swing and don’t hang lifelessly. This

is where Nordic Poles and Nordic Walking are

especially beneficial. If you have a problem

with fluid retention in the arms, avoid wear-

ing a back pack because the straps will block

flow from the arms to the body.

The same can be said for bra straps that

bind and bite into the shoulders and thoracic

regions. If you must carry anything, use a hip

bag/pack.

Shifting fluid from the limbs is enhanced

by a weekly effleurage massage, along with

lying down during the day and evening with

the arms and legs slightly raised - even if only

for several minutes at a time.

While improvements may be slow to be

visibly obvious, please be patient. Lym-

phoedema does not happen overnight: It is

the sort of thing that creeps up on you over

many years.

Reversal of this process can be very slow.

Be patient and persistent! Every journey, no

matter how far, begins with the first step - and

the next - and then the next.

Start now by taking the first step of your

journey to good health.


CONTENTS for previous 14 issuesMARCH 2011 158 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New vineyard

to yineyard track on island 8 New Zealand walks: South Island

trip full of challenges12 Rotorua events14 Overseas walks: Top nature

parks on the Gold Coast15 New land gateway to Hakatere

Conservation Park16 New Zealand walk: Okere Falls:

An oasis off the highway20 Motivation: Shift to a better life21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: The

Pakuranga Rotary Walkway24 The Chathams Islands - a place

like no other26 New Zealand walks: Kawau

Island Historic Reserve30 Overseas walks: Guatemala -

land of the Mayans38 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorge

Rail Trail40 Book: Over 400 walks in new

book40 Quake-damaged track reopens41 Health: Why I can exerecise like

I do now42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for February44 New Zealand coming events48 Overseas coming events50 Overseas walks and tours51 Overseas walks and tours52 Walking for adventure, fun and

exercise52 Long walk: Walking the World54 Window on Waitakere: Breeding

Kaka54 Walking to raise awareness of

Scouts49 Overseas walks and tours55 Nordic Walking Calendars59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets60 The Great New Zealand TrekFEBRUARY 2011 157 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Gibbston

River Trail now open11 Rotorua events12 New Zealand walks: Crosshills -

a walkers little paradise15 Event: Leading IT executives

take on the Tongariro AlpineCrossing

16 Motivation: Resolutions revisited16 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail

featured in Warkworth walks18 Event: Walking into the light20 Event: Cathay Pacific Half

Marathon & 11km Fun Run Walk21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Foulwind

maybe, but a splendid walk25 Books: New Zealand - Eye on the

Landscape25 Window on Waitakere:

Waitakere Wednesday Walks2011

26 New Zealand walks: Great viewsfrom new Crosbies Hut

29 High achiever: A clever way toget active!

30 Overseas walks: Walking inChampagne

36 Overseas walks: Mt GambierBlue Lake walk

38 Overseas walks: Mt Gambierlake walks

40 Health: How to walk and eat youway to a great body

42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for February44 New Zealand coming events47 Overseas coming events49 Overseas walks and tours50 New Zealand walks: Skippers

Canyon steeped in history50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking -

intensify your aerobic training52 Ten-day Walking Festival in

Rotorua54 Nordic Walking: Walking and

Nordic Walking - train the rightway

56 Great Country Breaks59 Xterra Rotorua Festival60 The Great New Zealand TrekJANUARY 2011 1564 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Papaitonga

Scenic Reserve 8 New Zealand walks: Experience

Ahuriri11 Motivation: Embrace the new12 New Zealand walks: Ambling to

The Anchorage16 Books: Dreamers of the Day -

history of Auckland’s RegionalParks

16 Books:The New ZealandAdventure Guide

15 Motivation: The festive seasonbulge

17 Te Araroa Trail:18 New Zealand walks: Unveiling

the mystery21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Summerhill

Farm - a BOP secret26 New Zealand walks: North Shore

Coastal Walk30 Overseas walks: Glaciers, fjords,

waterfalls and railways35 Event: Rotary Sunset Coast Walk

at Waiuku36 Overseas walks: Working and

trekking in Nepal - Trekking theGhandruk - Ghorepani Circuit

38 High achiever: From family “fat”kid to working on her six pack

38 Readers views: Now free ofdiseases side effects

39 Health: Easing sore shoulderswhile walking

40 Event: Kaweka Challenge - aniconic event

41 Window on Waitakere: The yearof the robin

42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for January44 New Zealand coming events47 Overseas coming events48 Overseas walks and tours49 Overseas walks and tours50 Nordic Walking: Events50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking -

intensify your aerobic training52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 The Great New Zealand Trek60 Xterra Rotorua Festival

DECEMBER 2010 155 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Lake

Wanaka’s new tracks ready forsummer

8 New Zealand walks: LakeWanaka’s walking tracks

11 Hi achievers: Raewyn andGeraldine love five yearchallenges

12 New Zealand walks: Sea, Sky &Bush walk

14 High achiever: Susan’s a halfmarathon stunner

15 Motivation: The festive seasonbulge

16 New Zealand walk: WaihekeIsland summer works of art

18 New Zealand walk: A weekendof hiking in Opotiki

21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walk: Wairere Falls

Track26 Overseas walks: Five days on

the Pacific Crest Trail32 Overseas walks: Walking in an

ancient land - Ethiopia38 Books: Wild New Zealand from

the Road38 Health: Is walking a pain in the

butt?40 Event: Moro Marathon events

201041 Window on Waitakere: Class

action42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for December44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events49 Overseas walks and tours50 Nordic Walking: Events50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking -

some good reasons to walk thetalk

52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 The Great New Zealand Trek60 Green Prescription: Need help to

get active?NOVEMBER 2010 154

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Akatrack -

Luxury in the wilderness 8 My favourite walk: Weymounth

Walkway10 News: Earthquake damages DOC

walking tracks12 New Zealand walk: Walking loop

track great for walkers and birdwatchers

13 Motivation: Simplify your life14 New Zealand walk: The Kaikoura

Coast Track19 High achiever: Walked to top of

world’s steepest street20 Te Araroa Trail: Signage

completes 12km northern

section21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Discover

the Lindis region24 Overseas walks: Stepping out in

Central Australia30 Overseas walk: Doing the Cinque

Terra independently36 Books: Inspiring Gippsland Walks36 Books: Best Short Nature Walks37 Health: Role of Vitamin C in

fighting cancer38 New Zealand walks: Walk the

Redwoods WhakarewarewaForest

42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for November44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events49 Nordic Walking: Events50 Window on Waitakere: Kokako

release50 New product: Don’t put your

back out - pull the handle out!51 Overseas walks and tours52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 Walking New Zealkand Shop60 Need help to get active?

OCTOBER 2010 153 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: The Abel

Tasman Coast Walk 9 New Zealand event: Te Awamutu

group celebrates 20 years 9 Readers views:10 New Zealand walks: Warkworth

Walks 2010 - walks worth doing12 High achiever: I bought great

new shoes13 Motivation: The danger zone14 Event: A winter wonderland16 New Zealand walk: From Huntly

to Mercer18 New Zealand walk: K2K - from

country to coast25 Event: Historic tunnel takes

trekkers back in time21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 Overseas walk: Railway

Reserves Heritage Trail26 Event: Pegasus group celebrates

30 years27 Event: Mid distance event

welcome in Onehunga HalfMarathon

28 Te Araroa Trail: Funds helpSouthland trail extension

30 Overseas walks: Italy’s ApauneAlps

36 Health: From sweet toothedlump to sword fighter

38 Event: Manawatu Striders events40 Window on Waitakere: AUTC hut

popular with groups36 Podiatry: Forefoot pain - what’s

that?42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for October44 New Zealand coming events47 Overseas coming events49 Nordic Walking: Events50 Event: Coastal challenge51 Overseas walks and tours52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 100th marathon for Hutt Valley

woman60 Need help to get active?

SEPTEMBER 2010 152 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Iconic Te Rewa Rewa

Bridge opens 8 NZ event: The other side of

Matakana 9 Kiwi programme benefits10 Guidelines for outdoor access

published12 High achiever: Healthy feels

good!13 Motivation: Life changing habits14 NZ Walk: Bridal Veil Falls16 NZ Walk: Howath Memorial

Wetlands18 Overseas walks: Gold Coast

Federation walk21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 NZ walk: Enchantment on the

Kaituna Walkway27 NZwalk: Chelsea Park Heritage

walk28 Overseas walk: Tipperary - here

we come!32 Books: Field Guide to Wild New

Zealand, Sydney Free & DirtCheap

33 Health: Big toe pain a sign34 Event: Record field and fast

racing in Christchurch

35 Event: Harbour Capital Marathoncelebtrates 25 years

36 Window on Waitakere: A day inthe life of B94055

36 Podiatry: Tarsal Tunnel syndrome38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for September40 NZ coming events42 Overseas coming events44 Nordic Walking: What Nordic

Walking and walking does foryour body

44 Nordic Walking: Events46 NZ Walking Shop47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 DOC cleans up the Navy in the

Bay56 Off Road Half Marathon - Taupo

AUGUST 2010 151 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Onepoto Domain 8 New Zealand walk: Tupare

Garden walks 9 Kiwi programme benefits10 NZ walk: Pauanui Hill - a walk

for all seasons11 Digital Photo Contest winners12 Event: Fifteen times for Taupo

Half Marathon icon13 Motivation: Success supporters14 Event: An Autumn Muster -

walking with the shepherd18 Event: Seniors three day walking

adventure22 NZ walk: Hiking in the Tararuas28 Overseas walks: Walking in

northern Crete31 High achievers: How Green

Prescription helped these twowomen

32 Readers views: Walking theCamino de Santiago trial

32 Health: Achilles tendon pain - oris it?

34 NZ walk: Manawatu Estuary:-walks in an unique area

36 Window on Waitakere: Worththeir weight in gold

36 Podiatry: Wobbling down thehills or stairs

38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for August40 New Zealand coming events42 Overseas coming events44 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

as a tool after hip replacement44 Nordic Walking: Events46 Event: Record numbers in Curves

to Curves47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo

JULY 2010 150 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mount

Maunganui Base Walk11 Digital Photo Contest winners12 New Zealand walk: Why was

Mission Station in such aremote spot?

13 Motivation: Winning decisions14 Event: Challenge yourself in New

Zealand’s fastest growingmarathon

14 Working for you while you walk16 NZ walk: A glimpse of paradise?20 New Zealand walk: Improved

track opens on Paritutu Rock20 Overseas walks: Sunken garden

a top short walk22 Walking group celebrates 10

years23 Event: Great NZ Trek stage 5

ends in a surprize26 Overseas walks: Walking the

new Danube Pathway31 High achiever: Wake-up call for

once active 36 year old32 Walking groups encouraged to

enter event32 Health: Is hair dye making you

sick?34 Altitude training for the lads at

DOC Taranaki35 Long walk: Walking the World36 Window on Waitakere: What is

P. T. A.?36 Event: New timing system for

Moro 25th event37 Podiatry: Cramp hurts - why?38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for July40 New Zealand coming events42 Overseas coming events44 Event: Record entries at new

venue46 Nordic Walking: What is Nordic

Walking?46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you

52 Great Country Breaks55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo

JUNE 2010 149 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: A hiking week away in

Central North Island 9 Event: Taupo adds new event to

walking portfolio10 Books: Drawing the Waitakere

Coast - Wild about London Parks11 Digital Photo Contest winners12 High achiever: Rose finds

inspiration with GreenPrescription

13 Motivation: High vibe Winter14 New Zealand walk: Hamurana

Springs Reserve walk17 New Zealand walk: Walking up

the Wilkin21 New Zealand walk: Pohangina

Wetlands walk24 New Zealand walk: Tuff Crater26 Overseas walks: Holy Year for

Spain’s pilgrims on the Caminode Santiago

30 New Zealand walk: BledisloePark to Old West Road walk

31 Podiatry: When to treat Bunions32 Health: Good nutrition key to

healthy lifestyle34 Window on Waitakere:

Expansion of Ark in the Park34 Long walk: Walking the World36 Event: Martinborough Round the

Vines38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for June40 New Zealand coming events42 Overseas coming events45 Nordic Walking: Walk away back

pain the Nordic way46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Harbour Capital Marathon

MAY 2010 148 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Te Waihou

Walkway and Spring 9 Te Araroa Trail: New Mt

Richmond Forest Park on TeAraroa Trail

10 High achiever: How GreenPrescription helped Joanne Paul

11 Digital Photo contest winners12 Te Araroa Trail: Sir Stephen

Tindall backs the trail13 Motivation: Get accountable with

numbers14 New Zealand walk: Hooked on

the Hooker16 High achiever: Aiming to reach

100 marathons17 New Zealand walk: Wilkies Pools

Loop Track18 New Zealand walk: Easy and

challenging walks in Otari-Wilton’s Bush

22 Little Barrier - Island of hope andglory

26 Overseas walks: On foot inSlovenia’s Julian Alps

31 Sealink announces Barrierbreakaway fares

32 Books: Great Kiwi outdoorcamping guide

32 Health: Downsides of anti-inflammatory drugs

34 Window on Waitakere: Curiouserand curiouser

34 Long walk: Walking the World36 Important to register you PLB36 Walk2Work day a success38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for May40 New Zealand coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 SBS Christchurch Marathon56 Pak - A - Roo

APRIL 2010 147 4 Walk talk 6 Coromandel walking festival 8 NZ walk: Westmere Walkway10 High achiever: Merita Orgias just

loves to walk11 Digital Photo contest winners12 New Zealand walk: Hillsborough

Bay circuit13 Motivation: Get competitive14 NZ walk: A right royal walk17 NZ walk: Taieri Gorge Rail Walk18 New Zealand walk: Waihi Beach

to Houmunga Bay20 Reader’s views: Best way to see

a place is on foot21 Window on Waitakere: Roving

robins22 New Zealand walk: Fantastic

ferns of Peel Forest23 New Rotorua walking trail24 New Striders course popular26 Books: Which native fern?,

Which native tree?

Majestic New Zealand27 Famous wall illuminated28 Overseas walk: One Track For All31 Explore Lake Tekapo High

Country on snow shoes32 Health: How to get fit for a

challenging multi-day walk34 Event: New walking festival has

walks for everyone35 Long walk: Walking the World36 Te Araroa Trail: Cool, clear, water

now at 90 Mile Beach36 Podiatry: Painful toes - shoes?38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for April40 New Zealand coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 Huntly Half Marathon56 SBS Christchurch Marathon

MARCH 2010 146 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Waikato River walk 8 New Zealand walk: Tama Lakes

Walk - something for everyone11 Digital Photo contest winners12 Te Araroa Trail: Prime Minister

open Pirongia13 Motivation: Just do it!14 New Zealand walk: The Hidden

Treasures Trail - a 40km journeyto remember through Rodney

16 NZ walk: Seeing in the new yearat Sign of the Packhorse

18 News: Governor General opensHilliary Trail

20 Road through Molesworth opentill Easter

21 Window on Waitakere: Hihihappenings

22 New Zealand walks: The Catlins:an area of walks of greatcontrast and natural beauty

27 New Zealand walk: WaipohatuTrack receives a make-over

28 Overseas walks: Hiking along theWorld Heritage Hinterland trails

32 Event: Event for walkers in CapeBrett Challenge

32 Health: How to reduce fluidretention

34 Event: Walking in the RotoruaMarathon

35 Long walk: Walking the World36 Event: New walking festival set

for launch36 Podiatry: Spots can kill you -

Melanoma it’s not what youthink

39 Weather forecast for March40 New Zealand coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Shoe Clinic Harbour Capital

MarathonFEBRUARY 2010 145 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Getting into

hot water on The Barrier 8 New Zealand walk: Meandering

around Moeraki11 Photo contest winners12 High achiever: Raelene reaches

for the Summit13 Motivation: Annual lifestyle

check-up14 New Zealand walk: Hiking Te

Araroa tracks in the KingCountry

16 New Zealand walk: ManawatuGorge tracks

19 News: The Central Gold Rush20 Overseas walks: Experience

Nepal and help a charity21 Event: NZ’s longest running and

walking relay22 New Zealand walks: Mangawhai

Walking Festival24 Overseas walks: Mt Tamborine

National Park walks28 Overseas walks: Menorcan

adventure31 Window on Waitakere: Geckos

and skinks in park32 Event: 27th Half Marathon aims

to be a fun event32 Health: How to treat grazing and

bruising naturally34 Why Gary loves to walk35 Walking the World36 New Zealand walk: Onetangi

meanderings38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for February40 New Zealand coming events44 Overseas coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 ACC NZ Masters Games Dunedin56 Great New Zealand Trek



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Daily SummaryA cold southerly outbreak around the first week inApril may bring unseasonable snow to the DesertRoad and to Arthur’s Pass. This may follow earlierthan usual frost in many inland and sheltered regions.1st-5th April Cold southwesterlies and westerlies.2nd April Chance of snow on Desert Road.4th April Possible fog at Hamilton Airport.9th-11th April Moist northerlies with a depressionout to the west in the mid-Tasman Sea. Welcomerain for Waikato.12th April Over the next four weeks, dry and cool.More frequent highs in the south Tasman Sea.Low pressure systems are more likely to be over theNorth Island, bringing more frequent southeasterliesto the South Island, maintaining an ongoing trendof consistently below average temperatures.Rainfall may be below average over much of NZ,with eastern Bay of Plenty having less than a quarterof average.Also less than half average rainfall may be Waikato,western Bay of Plenty, the North Island centralplateau and inland areas of South Canterbury andthe Central Otago.Rainfall may be above average in parts of Northland,Auckland and North Taranaki, and close to averagealong the East Coast.Higher pressures to the south may contribute to morethan average sunshine hours in Southland, SouthWestland and Fiordland.Also high than average sunshine may occur in Buller,North Westland, Central Otago and inland southCanterbury. But sunshine may be below average alongthe North Island East Coast, as well as parts of NorthCanterbury and coastal Otago.In other regions they may be near average. Over thisfour week outlook the national average temperaturemay be below but not as low as the correspondingtime last year.Temperatures may be significantly below average inthe Bay of Plenty and Gisborne, North Island centralplateau, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Horowhenua, andcoastal Marlborough, as well as being slightly belowaverage for most of the rest of the country.12th-20th April Cold southerlies, with a depressionover the North Island.13th April An anticyclone may become centered eastof the South Island, followed by northerlies the nextday.15th April High intensity rainfall may cause minorflooding and road blocks in New Plymouth.17th April Westerlies, possible fog in Hamilton.21st-25th April Cold southerlies.26th-29th April A weak ridge of high pressure.30th April Westerlies and southwesterlies.

CYCLONE WATCH1st-6th April A late season cyclonic system has the potential toform at the start of this month, as a warm airflowfrom the north meets up with a southerly depressionoff the Victoria / New South Wales coasts.By 3rd April it is likely to be drawn northward as itmoves across the Tasman Sea, picking up intensity asit develops into a deeper system.By 5th-6th April it is likely to be a very deepdepression off the NZ west coast, and is expected tobring strong winds as it disintegrates mostly over theSouth Island but overall is unlikely to form into atrue cyclone due to its southerly assisted formation.While low pressure systems have the threat of turningcyclonic around 14th-18th and 22nd-24th of thismonth up around New Caledonia, they are all mostlikely to remain just tropical lows.Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around2nd(apogee), 4th(new moon), 17th (perigee) and 18th(fullmoon).


Coming events

NEW ZEALANDEVENTS

MARCH 2011 1 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland 1 BNZ Invercargill Summer Walk Series –

Sandy Point, Invercargill 1 Manawatu Striders Super Seven Series

7km, Palmerston North 1 State Beach Series 5km & 2.5km, Takapuna 1 Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Fun Run/

Walk, Wellington 1 Nelson Striders Offroad Series, 6km Run/

Walk, Nelson 3 10km in the Domain, Auckland 5 Bayleys Mountain to Surf Marathon, New

Plymouth 5 North Shore Coastal Challenge 22km, 16km

& 11km, Devonport 5-7 Sea, Sky & Bush walks, Central Hawkes

Bay 6 Kingsgate Rotorua Off Road Half Marathon

& New Balance 10km fun Run/Walk, Rotorua 6 BNZ Invercargill Summer Walk Series – For-

est Hill, Tussock Creek 7 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga 7 The Monday Nighta, 5km Orewa

7 Northcote Tavern Fun Run, 5km, Northcote 8 BNZ Invercargill Summer Walk Series –

Waihopai River, Invercargill 8 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland 8 Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Fun Run/

Walk, Wellington 8 Nelson Striders Offroad Series, 6km Run/

Walk, Nelson 8 State Beach Series 5km & 2.5km, Takapuna10 10km in the Domain, Auckland10 Trout Fly Summer Series 5.4km &3km,

Rotorua12 Waiheke Coastal Classic18km, 10km & 5km,

Waiheke Island12 Motatapu Icebreaker Marathon, Wanaka13 The Hamilton Lake 6km & 14km, Fun Run/

Walks, Hamilton13 Round The Bays, Auckland14 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga14 The Monday Nighta, 5km Orewa14 Northcote Tavern Fun Run, 5km, Northcote15 BNZ Invercargill Summer Walk Series –

Daffodil Bay, Invercargill15 Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Fun Run/

Walk, Wellington15 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland15 North Shore Beach Series, 5km & 2.5km,

Takapuna17 10km in the Domain, Auckland19 Hastings Pak’nSave Triple Peaks Challenge,

47km &13km, Havelock North19 Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon, Kaiteriteri

Beach, Motueka19 The Tarawera Ultramarathon Trail Run and

Relays,100km, 85km, & 60km, Rotorua19-20 IWL International Two Day Walk, 30km,

20km & 10km, Rotorua20 Coastville Classic Half Marathon, 8km &

2km, Coastville20 Mt Lyford Challenge, 20km, 9km, 4km &

3km, Mt Lyford, Canterbury21 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga21 The Monday Nighta, 5km Orewa22 Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Fun Run/

Walk, Wellington

MangawhaiWalking

WeekendMarch 31st to

April 3 2011

Early booking essential tosecure your chosen walk

• Walk the beautiful coastal area of Mangawhai.•Learn of our endangered shore birds• All walks are guided.• Limited numbers on walks•Enjoy the Troubadour Trail•Specialist walks• Local Wine & Food Festival

90 minutes north of Auckland

25 walks tochoose from

Enquiries:Jean Goldschmidt,

Co-ordinator Mangawhai WalkingWeekend,

208 Staniforth Road,RD 5 Wellsford. Phone 09 431 5096

Proceeds to Mangawhai Community Trust

Send for an entry form or print out thebooking sheet from the web page.:

www.mangawhaiwalkingweekend.co.nz or email

[email protected]

Visit our website: www.greatforest.org.nzEmail:[email protected]

Phone 06 368 2749

NZ No. 1 OFF ROAD EVENTSTwo circuit Marathon course run/

walkHalf Marathon course run/walk10km & 5km fun run/walk

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Start times: 9am walkers, 10am runners$25 for 1/2 marathon, $10 for 10km event

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22 BNZ Invercargill Summer Walk Series – Sandy Point, Invercargill22 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland24 10km in the Domain, Auckland26 Northburn 100, 160km, 100km, & 50km, Cromwell26 The Dual, Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Motutapu Island, Auck-

land26 Te Houtaewa Challenge 90 Mile Beach Marathon, Kaitaia27 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera, Auckland27 The Star City 2 Surf, 6km & 12km, Christchurch27 Mt Lowry Challenge 22km & 11.8km, Days Bay28 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga28 The Monday Nighta, 5km Orewa28 Northcote Tavern Fun Run, 5km, Northcote29 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland29 BNZ Invercargill Summer Walk Series – Waihopai River, Invercargill29 Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Fun Run/Walk, Wellington30 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks -Muriwai Gannet Colony,

Muriwai31 10k in the Domain, 10km, Auckland

APRIL 2011 2 15th Brooks Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon 10km & 5km,

Waitarere Beach, Levin 2 Southern Lakes Half Marathon & 10km, Cardrona, Wanaka3 Environment Southland Wai Tri, Invercargill 4 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga 5 Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Fun Run/Walk, Wellington 5 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland 8 Xterra Rotorua Festival Half Marathon & 11km, Totorua 9 Oxfam Trailwalker 2011, 100km, Taupo 9 The Bedrock 50, 50km, Coopers Creek, Oxford 9 Xterra Rotorua Festival, Half Marathon & 11km, Rotorua10 Arrowsmith Thee Run, Marathon, Lake Heron, Ashburton10 Moonshine Half Marathon & 10km, Trentham11 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga12 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland16 Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, 25km, Nelson Lakes17 Orewa Beach Half Marathon, 10.5km & 5km, Orewa Beach17 Porirua City Scenic Fun Run & Walk, 11km, 8km & 1km, Porirua17 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Auckland18 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Pakuranga19 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland25 Ruamahanga Ramblers Walking & Running Group Anzac Day event,

Dalefield26 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland27 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks - Arataki Nature Trail, Arataki,

Auckland30 Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,

Rotorua

MAY 21111 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson3 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland 7 Hanmer Springs Four Square Half Marathon & 10km, Hanmer

Springs8 Pencarrow Half Marathon, Eastbourne 8 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Bucklands Beach, Auckland10 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland14 Saint Claire Yineyard Half Marathon, Saint Claire Vineyard,

Marlborough15 SBS Gore Half Marathon, Gore17 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland20-22 2nd Winchcombe Cotswolds Walking Festival, Cotswolds, Eng-

land21 Riverrun Trail 14.1km, Lake Wanaka24 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland25 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks - Mokoroa Falls, Auckland31 O’Hagans 5km Series, Auckland

JUNE 2111 5 SBS Marathon Christchurch

5 Auroa Handicap Marathon, Upper Hutt19 Armstrong Motor Group Marathon & Half Marathon, Wellington19 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Western Springs, Auckland29 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks - Jubilee Track, Cornwallis

Coming Events

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Sunday 20 March 2011

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Sunday 10 April 2011Trentham Memorial Park, Barton Road, Upper Hutt

10km walk & run: A flat, off-road course through park, bush and along theHutt River trail, starting and finishing at Trentham Memorial Park. Suitable forwalkers and runners of all ages and fitness levels.

Half Marathon trail walk & run: A very scenic off-road trail with long, flatstretches along the Hutt River Trail at the beginning and end. In the middle, achallenging 5km hill section over Cannon Point Walkway provides spectacularviews of the Hutt Valley and native bush. This event is most suited toexperienced, long distance competitors with a high level of fitness.

½ M entry up to 5 April: $30 10k entry up to 5 April: $20Late entry from 6 April: $35 Late entry from 6 April: $25

Online entry via http://www.trenthamunited.co.nzEnquiries: Michael Beaumont via [email protected]

Trentham United Harriers & Walkers Club,PO Box 40 357 Upper Hutt

Beach, Auckland

JULY 2011 2 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Auckland 3 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Auckland16 Furneaux Lodge Captain Cook’s Landing,

25km, Picton16 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Palmerston

North

AUGUST 2011 6 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua13 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua14 Woodbourne Half Marathon & 10km,

Blenheim21 Petone Workingmen’s Club 5 Bridges,

Petone28 Southland Regional Walk - Borland Lodge,

Invercargill

SEPTEMBER 20113 Shoe Clinic Hawkes Bay Marathon, Havelock

North11 Moro Marathon, Dunedin17 Abel Tasman Coastal Classic, 36km, Nel-

son Bays17 Kaikoura Surburban Half Marathon, 10km

& 2km, Kaikoura17 The Lydiard Legend Marathon & Arthur’s

Half Marathon, New Lynn25 Tauranga City to Surf, 12km Fun Run/Walk,

Tauranga

OCTOBER 2011 9 Wairarapa Country Half Marathon & 10km,

Masterton

15 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf,42.2km, Great Barrier Island

30 Adidas Auckland Marathon & Half Mara-thon, Auckland

NOVEMBER 2011 5 57th Feilding Marathon, Feilding6 10th Morrinsville College PTA Half Marathon,

Morrinsville13 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon,

Invercargill25 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks -

Mokoroa Falls, Waitakere, Auckland26 Mahana Half Marathon, Woollaston Estate

Winery, Nelson

FEBRUARY 20124-12 NZ Masters Games, Dunedin

OVERSEASEVENTS

MARCH 2011 2 Super Sunset Series, 4 & 8km Twilight Fun

Run/Walks, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 5 Brooks River Run 4km & 8km, Maribyrnong,

Vic, Australia 5-6 Tain Walking Festival, Cooley Peninsula,

co Louth, Ireland 6 Barcelona Marathon, Barcelona, Spain 6 Colour City Half Marathon, 10km & 4.5km,

Orange, Qld, Australia 6 Eastbourne Half Marathon, Eastbourne,

England 6 Bath Half Marathon, Bath, England6 Colour City Running Festival Half Marathon,

10km & 4.5km, Orange, NSW, Australia 6 RACQ Fun Run/Walk, 5km, South Bank,

Australia12 Six Foot Track Marathon, Blue Mountains,

NSW, Australia12-13 Ardara Walking Festival, Ardara, Ireland13 King Island Imperial 20, 32km Coast to

Coast, King Island, Australia13 Inverness Half Marathon, Inverness, Scot-

land18-20 Croagh Patrick Walking Festival, Balla,

Westport, co Mayo, Ireland19-20 Walk Killarney & Kerry, co Kerry, Ire-

land19-21 Alpine Challenge, 100km & 60km,

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Coming events

Alpinhe National Park, Viv, Australia20 Stratford Half Marathon, Stratford, England20 Kilomarathon, Marathon, Scotland20 Brisbane Twilight Running Festival, 21km,

10km, 3km, Brisbane, Qld, Australia20 Maratona di Roma, Rome, Italy20 Lisbon Half Marathon, Lisbon, Spain20 Reading Half Marathon, Reading, England20 Los Angelos Marathon, Los Angelos, CA,

USA23 Super Sunset Series, 4km Twilight Fun Run/

Walk, Melbourne, Vic, Australia27 Nire Valley Comeragh Mountain Bogtrot,

Ballymacarbey, co Waterford, Ireland27 Great Volcanic Mountain Challenge, Mt

Canobolas, NSW, Australia

APRIL 2011 2 Newcastle Herald Hill 2 Harbour Challenge,

Half Marathon & 10km, Newcastle, NSW,Australia

3 Newcastle Herald Hill2Harbour Challenge,Newcastle, NSW, Australia

8-9 IML Two Day Walk, Gilboa, Israel10 Connemara International Marathon & Half

Marathon, Maam Cross, Connemara, coGalway, Ireland

10 Marathon de Paris, Paris, France10 Milano City Marathon, Milan, Italy10 Southern Charity Challenge, 60km, Half

Marathon, 35km & 60km, Australia10 Zurich Marathon, Zurich, Switzerland15-17 Wicklow Outdoors Festival, Through-

out, co Wicklow, Ireland17 London Marathon, London, England17 Madrid Marathon, Madrid, Spain

17th – 30th – Great South Expedition,Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia

18 115th BAA Boston Marathon, Boston, USA23 Cooley Legends Half Marathon,

Carlingford, co Louth, Irealand23-24 North Leitrim Glens Hillwalking Festi-

val, Manorhamilton, co Leitrim, Ireland23-30 Hill Walking in the Donegal Highlands,

Gleann Cholm Cille, co Donnegal, Ireland24 33rd International Marathon de Madrid,

Madrid, Spain29 - 2 May Ballyhoura International Walking

Festival, Counties Limerick, Cork and Tip-perary, Ireland

29-2 May Slieve Blooms Walking Festival,Slieve Bloom Mountains, co Offaly and CoLagis, Ireland

29-2 May Achill Walks Festival, Achill Island,co Mayo, Ireland

30 Wild Endurance 100km & 50km Team Chal-lenge, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia

Boots’n Bogs Walking Festival, Co Tyrone andMonaghan, Ireland

South Sligo Spring Walking Festival, Co Yeats,Ireland

BAA Boston Marathon, Boston, USA2011 Virgin London Marathon, London, Eng-

land

MAY 2011 1 Geelong Half Marathon, Geelong, Vic, Aus-

tralia 1 Bay Run’11 Half Marathon, Glengarriff &

Bantry, co Cork, Ireland 1 The Great Limerick Run, Marathon, Half

Marathon & 10km, Limerick City, Ireland

1 Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon, Ham-ilton Island, Qld, Australia

1 40 Vancouver Marathon, Vancouver,Canada

2 Belfast City Marathon, Belfast Ireland 7-8 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km &

42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 8 Sheffield Half Marathon, Sheffield, Eng-

land 9-16 Bibbulmun & Beyond Walking Tour, Stir-

ling Ranges, WA, Australia14 Great Ocean Road, 6.5km & 14km,

Geelong, Vic, Australia15 Great Ocean Road Marathon, Half Mara-

thon & 45km, Geelong, Vic, Australia14-15 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km

& 42km, Wellingborough, England13-15 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China15 San Francisco Bay to Breakers, San

Franscio, CA, USA21 The Great Wall Marathon, Half Marathon

10km & 5km, Beijing, China21 Warwick Pentath Run, Half Marathon, &

5km, South East Queenland, Qld, Australia22 Warwick Pentath Run, 10km, South East

Queenland, Qld, Australia21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switzer-

land22 30th 3 Waters Marathon, & Half Marathon,

Bunberry, Australia22 Clare Burren Marathon, Ballyvaughan, co

Clare, Ireland22 Copenhagen Marathon, Copenhagen, Den-

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tle, co Donegal, Ireland29 Sri Chinmoy Marathon, Melbourne, Vic,

AustraliaVolkwagon Prague Marathon, Prague, Chez

RepublicLeenane Walking Festival, Co Galway, Ireland

JUNE 2011 3-6 Glen of Aherlow Walking Festival, co Tip-

perary, Ireland 5 44th Traralgon Marathon, Half Marathon &

Quarter Marathon, Traralgon, Vic, Australia 2-5 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France 5 BMA Mackay Marina Run, Half Marathon

& 8km, Mackay, Qld, Australia 6 Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon, Cork

City, Ireland 6 Flora Women’s Mini Marathon, 10km, Dub-

lin City, Ireland10-12 Focus Four Peaks Challenge,

Countrywide, Ireland12 Macleay River Marathon, NSW, Australia18 Porcupine Gorge Challenge Hughenden,

North West Queensland, Australia18-19 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km,

Diekirch, Luxembourg19 Perth Marathon, Perth WA, Australia25 The Big Five Marathon, South Africa

25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km& 45km, Viborg, Denmark

28 1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ire-land

31 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Half Mara-thon & 2.195km, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Laois Walks Festival, Laois, IrelandMournes International Walking festival,

Mourne Mountains, Ireland

JULY 2011 2 Achill Half Marathon, Achill Island, co Mayo,

Ireland 2-3 Run Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon,

10km & 5km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia10 New Balance Geraldton Marathon, Bluff

Point, WA, Australia16 Killarney Maxi Marathon, Killarney, co

Kerry, Ireland17 Lawler Partners Winery Maraton, Hunter

Valley, NSW, Australia19-22 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Nether-

lands23 Round Island Relay, Vanuata30 Vanuata Half Marathon & 10km, Vanuata30 Australian Outback Marathon, Yulara, NT,

Australia31 Westlink Cities Marathon, Sydney, NSW,

Australia

AUGUST 2011 7 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon,

Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville,Qld, Australia

7 Brisbane Marathon Festival, South BankParklands, Qld, Australia

9 Drumley Walk (Indigenous) Gold Coast, Qld,Australia

12-14 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &42km, Vaasa, Finland

14 Adelaide Marathon Festival, Adelaide, SA,Australia

21 Alice Springs Marathon Alice Springs, NT,Australia

27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km,Verdal, Norway

27-29 Achill Summer Walks Festival, Achill,co Mayo, Ireland

28 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW,Australia

28 Shepparton Marathon Events, Shepparton,Vic, Australia

Sperrins Walking Festival, Co Tyrone, Ireland

SEPTEMBER 2011 3 Dingle Marathon, Dingle, co Kerry, Ireland 4 The Ross Marathon, Tas, Australia10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km,

Arenzano, Italy12th – 19th - 8 day Highlights of the

Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia16-18 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km &

42km, Seefeld, Austria18 Blackmores Sydeny Maraton, Sydney,

NSW, Australia

17th Annual Woodville Lions Club

Manawatu GorgeTrack & Tunnel WalkA Sunday in April/May 2011

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Walking the Long walk

Gallup, New Mexico, toSocorro, New Mexico241 miles, 22,201 Total world walk miles.

Lots of cold snowy weather these last

two weeks. Coldest was -4F/-20C on

Thanksgiving night in Gallup. They

had predicted 35 to 50 mph winds, snow, and

sub zero temps.

Luckily no wind or snow, and I was warm

enough with all wool pants,

sweater, hat, socks and gloves on

inside my sleeping bag. After my

hot coffee and oatmeal inside my

tent, I lit my preset fire outside

and warmed up nice. I have to

bring all my plastic one liter wa-

ter bottles inside my tent on

freezing nights. Any I leave out-

side get frozen solid. I usually

pack them inside my white 10

gallon plastic bucket surrounded

with clothes.

On a freezing day I sometimes

have to stop at a house or gas sta-

tion to use hot tap water to unfreeze them. I

might try warming a rock in the fire and wrap-

ping it in an old shirt and placing that in with

the bottles.

Had two nice Thanksgiving dinners in

Gallup. First one was handed to me on a to

go plate from a pickup truck. A local couple

was driving around passing out dinners to

homeless people. Then a homeless man told

me they were having a Thanksgiving dinner at

a local business, and everyone was welcome.

A local business woman hosts it every year

or two to give back to the community. Shinasha

Benally the owner came over with some of

her kids to chat and took some photos that I

included. They also gave me some turkey to

go that I used with my ramen noodles and

eggs for my dinner later that night. The kids

had lots of questions about my walk and Ethan

and Megan signed my witness book. Great

Thanksgiving in Gallup.

One of the men I talked to at the dinner

pulled over a couple days later south of Gal-

lup and invited me to spend the night at his

sheep camp. His camp was just half a mile

off the main road nestled among some juni-

per trees. There was 70 sheep in the corral for

the night, two dogs, and a small trailer with

wood stove.

Lennert "Waa-chit Boy" Tso chopped up

some firewood and stoked the wood stove up

to warm up the trailer. He was just moving in

for a four month winter job of guarding and

grazing the herd of sheep. Lennert also carved

walking sticks and other pieces for sale in town.

When I left in the morning he gave me a

nice stick carved with eagle heads and other

designs. Cold, windy, snowy day as I left. Long

cold walk to Fence Lake and my water bottles

all froze. Luckily I found a house where a man

let me unfreeze them using his hot

tap water.

Local Navajo man stopped to

chat and showed me an article with

a photo of me in the Navajo

Times newspaper. I checked the

website, www.navajotimes.com

but could not find it yet. Will have

to check it again soon. I was also

able to see the "AAA Highroads

with Don Davis" TV show they

had on NBC in Phoenix on Chan-

nel 12. It is cached at their website

where you can see it at

www.aaa.com/highroads (choose

the Dec 4th show and it is about 17 minutes

into the show).

Two French Canadian bicycle tourists

stopped to chat on their ride from Quebec to

L.A. They had lots of questions on how I

could walk and bicycle around the world for

30 years. I told them I just worked half the

year in a national park and saved and invested

90 percent of what I made.

They said they saw a crazy Polish man run-

ning around the world just a day ago. Sure

enough I ran into him a couple days later pull-

ing a three wheel cart. Piotr Kurylo was run-

ning or walking around the world for peace.

www.runforthepeace.com is his website.

He was talking Polish on his cell phone

when I met him, and I do not think he knew

much English , so I just took a quick photo

of his rig, and tried pulling it. His front wheel

pivoted and was attached to a three foot long

pole that strapped around his waist with a thin

nylon belt. Hard to pull and not very com-

fortable.

I would have at least had a shoulder strap

attachment to spread the weight better. It also

felt like he had a lot more gear and supplies

then me, maybe 150 to 200 pounds compared

to my 75 to 100 pounds.

I tried designing a pull cart like his, but

found pushing a three wheel cart safer and

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easier. Lot easier to jump out of the way if a

car is coming at you. With a belt you have to

fumble to unhook before jumping. He was also

walking with traffic as opposed to my preferred

method of walking facing traffic. I feel much

safer being able to see every car and driver

coming at me and looking them in the eye.

To many people using cellphones, drink-

ing, and driving distracted to suit me. I also

have a rear view mirror so I can keep track of

people coming up behind me passing on my

side. He was also headed up into higher colder

elevations. I would have recommended he

head further south for the crossing to the west

coast.

Much warmer along Interstate 10 and 8

through Tucson and Yuma. He seemed to be

pretty busy on his phone and did not have

time to talk. I wished him good luck on his

walk or run. One police officer that stopped

me said the law in New Mexico was to walk

with traffic. I told him every state I had

checked was bicycle with traffic and walk fac-

ing traffic. Been trying to check on the web,

but no luck yet finding the law here in New

Mexico yet.

I like to have it written out ahead of time

for when the police stop me. Most officers do

not know that law as they hardly ever see some-

body walking on the road. Maybe drunks, crazy

people, escaped convicts, illegal aliens, and

other undesired types. So most cops are usu-

ally kind of hesitant when they approach me,

not knowing what to expect from me. So I

always try to be polite and listen to what they

have to say. Most are nice back to me and

sometimes ask if I have enough food and

water. I think only once was a cop rude to me,

and one pulled a gun on me. As long as you

are nice to them they are usually nice to you.

They have a tough job and it is foolish to talk

back or be rude to a police officer.

One man stopped to chat on a cold, windy,

snowy day. He asked if I was okay and if I

needed any food or water. I told him I was

fine and had plenty of supplies. Usually I can

walk with just my wool pants, long sleeved

shirt, light wind breaker, hat, and gloves on a

cold windy day. My body generates so much

heat walking that any more clothes just over-

heats me.

He gave me three emergency food packs

just in case. The nuts and cranberries were

good, but the spaghetti and meat sauce was

kind of gross. It came with a bag of sea water

to pour in a pouch with a chemical heat pack.

It warmed it up to kind of lukewarm, but it

was pretty cold and windy that day.

Actor Tim Culbertson from Hill Street

Blues stopped to chat. He was travelling the

country in a camper van with his cat and writ-

ing a book about it from the cats point of view.

He gave me a bunch of food, his brother’s

phone number in Socorro, and took a few

photos. Then he left his camera on my baby

jogger and took off. Luckily he noticed and

came back an hour later to get it back.

Passed over the Continental Divide near

Pie Town, New Mexico. It was 7,996 feet in

elevation, but just a few small hills, mostly flat

prairie there. A few people had told me about

the Toaster House in Pie Town. So I stopped

by to check it out, about 12 toasters on the

front gate.

The side door was open, with a note say-

ing the owner was in Hawaii for the winter,

but feel free to stay. Food in the kitchen, wood

by the wood stove, outhouse out back, water

and electric turned off for the winter. Lots of

extra beds to sleep in, plenty of books and

magazines to read or trade. Big share box on

the porch for stuff people left behind or traded

for. The neighbours kept an eye on the house,

but lots of people hiking on the divide trail,

and biking through would stop and stay. It

must be listed in hiking and biking books.

Also stopped by at the Pie Town Cafe, 15

different types of pie, fresh baked. I went for

a soup and grilled cheese by the wood stove.

Seems like most small town caves and general

stores have a wood stove going and some

chairs to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee and

chat with the locals.

An old man (at least 85) came in for lunch

wearing cowboy hat, cowboy boots, vest, jeans,

and a old colt 45 gun slung low in his holster.

Lots have locals have rifles in their trucks to

shoot coyotes, wolfs, deer, rattlesnakes, out-

laws, and what ever else that threatens them

or their ranch. He was the first I saw wearing

a handgun besides the police though. Had a

nice cup of coffee in Quemado in front of

the stove with the owner on a cold morning.

Bunch of men drinking coffee and talking

guns and hunting.

Down out of the hills and into the Rio

Grande River Valley now at Socorro, New

Mexico. I think I have left most of the cold

weather and snow behind me. I had planned

on going east through Roswell, New Mexico,

but it looks like I would have had to climb up

into higher elevations again.

So I am headed south for El Paso where it

should be lower elevations and warmer

weather. Will walk near Interstate 10 till Van

Horn, Texas. Then take route 90 all the way

across to Houston and into Louisiana. Took

me four weeks to cross Texas on my first walk

across the USA back in 1996. That was when

I was younger and averaged 28 miles per day,

at my slower 20 miles per day it should take

five or six weeks to cross.

Having a great walk so far, meeting lots of

nice people and seeing lots of great sights.

Email me at [email protected] or

from my website at www.walkingman.org if

you have any questions or comments.

Walking New Zealand, issue no 159- 2011 53

Below left: Gary with a Navajo friend.Below right: Thanksgiving dinner withNavajo group.


From KayLindley

Window on Waitakere

Dense and dark, separated by the black

water of the reservoir, the untracked

forest on the far side of the

Waitakere Reservoir is touched with mystery.

Selectively logged up to the first decade

of the 20th century, the area had then been set

aside with no public access, as the water catch-

ment to the first reservoir in the Waitakere

ranges.

A hundred years in Waitakere’s warm, wet

climate, plus the absence of deer or goats,

ensured a vigorous increase of understorey,

sub-canopy, and canopy species surrounding

the remaining first-growth trees.

Podocarps, Kauri, and Rata pierce the

canopy of a forest in which the Ark in the

Park committee considered the same inten-

sive predator control as elsewhere in the Ark

area, but it was always going to be a big task.

No current tracks conveniently divided it,

bait lines might have to be twice as long as

Ark volunteers usually contended with, and

the distance from the Ark complicated the

logistics of material supply.

Then three of the newly released Kokako

chose to reside there!!

With two females and one male, a breed-

ing pair might well eventuate in this area that

Waitakere Reservoir is outwardbound Ark experts intended to protect “in time.”

Crisis often means opportunity and this

Kokako dispersal occurred as Ark committee

member Andy Warneford was searching for

an MSc thesis topic.

Posing the question of whether a lesser grid

pattern of bait stations could still provide a

sufficiently effective rodent control as the Ark

has consistently

achieved with its

100m x 50m grid,

Andy was able to gain

financial support for

the thesis from the

Biosecurity depart-

ment of Ark partners

the Auckland Re-

gional Council.

A plan for a 100m x 100m bait-station grid

was drawn up, approvals gained from

Watercare and the ARC, rodent monitoring

lines established, and the navigation of bait

lines started in this 285-hectare trial block.

This is a trial block bigger than Tiri Island

and certainly extraordinarily more difficult to

traverse.

Starting points to navigation were made

from two historically used routes at either side

of the block. The first, the Gleeson’s Track,

long overgrown but still showing the benched

and drained sides, was an old horse and coach

trail and part of a route from the Henderson

Valley to Bethell’s Beach at the coast.

The use of this trail probably ceased even

before the reservoir filled in 1906 with the

completion of the Waitakere Dam. Much less

defined was the second track still with some

benching and previously part of a walking

route.

Apparently un-named, it has become Rata

Track from a large, ancient rata found along

the route by navigators.

The need next was for skilled

bushmen able to navigate through

the tangles mass of supplejack,

Kiekie, and Gahnia.

With saws, secateurs, and pri-

marily doggedness, the four bush

bashers pushed through, over, or

under the vegetation, giving lesser

mortals direction out of chaos – a

chaos of fallen trunks and

branches interwoven with lianes connected

with trees entwined with more creepers. All

obviously making a complex habitat that fa-

vours birds.

Robins, Hihi, and Kokako have been seen

and (or) heard even in the short period since

work started on this area. How many might

be here next year after rodent and mustelid

control?

To see or hear birds released in the

Waitakere Ranges, why not register for one of

the Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks. For

a registration/brochure contact: Kay Lindley,

phone: 09 837 8820, mobile: 027 274 2280,

email: [email protected], www.health-

west.co.nz.

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The Solid Energy Huntly Half Marathon

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