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For the last few years my daughter Sarah, her fiance Sach and myself have been completing a great walk every summer. This year Sach managed to get a us a booking on the Milford track which was pretty exciting. I had thought about walking the Milford track years ago but gave up on the idea when I realized how booked up it was so I was really thrilled when Sach managed to get a booking for us in early February.We set off Te Anau on the 1st Feb with the weather outlook looking pretty gloomy …

We were going to walk the Waikaremoana Track this February but had concerns that the track might not reopen so we cancelled and booked the Routeburn instead for the 10th to 12th Feb.  As the date approached, the West Coast was hit by a major storm front with another storm forecast just when we were about to head off. Fortunately, as we were heading off to Queenstown, the 2nd storm was being pushed further north and it looked like we would get some fine days. When we arrived in Queenstown on …

Of all New Zealands great walks, the one I've wanted to do most is the Kepler track. I have heard and read so many accounts of people that rate this track as one of New Zealands best. Last year my daughter Sarah said that she and her boyfriend were looking to book huts on the Kepler track for this summer so of course I jumped in and said do you mind if your dad comes along - so suddenly we were booked to go. Initially in January but we then had to move the date to February 18th to align with eve …