Should you buy a pair of walking poles? Hazel Phillips has some thoughts on that Hi, I’m Hazel and I use walking poles. I’ve said that confession-style, because it is a confession of sorts. Until very recently, I held great disdain for walking poles and the ‘sort’ of person who used them. But recently I […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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