Complete the #microchallenges, as these Walk1200km participants have done, and receive a Walk1200km badge. The best effort in each challenge receives a special prize from our partners! 

#microchallenge31: Find something unexpected
Bridgedale Midweight Merino Performance Fit socks winner!

Featured: A picnic in a tree? Janine Romana did not expect that on her Sharlands Hill walk.

The last thing Karen Sortehaug thought she’d see on a walk in the Dunedin suburb of Musselburgh was a terracotta army.

Tracey Vial found a colourful array of stones on a ‘fairy walk’ in Porirua. 

#microchallenge32: Photograph a native bird
A $100 Back Country Cuisine voucher!

Winner: Deb Corbett saw an orange-fronted parakeet in Nelson’s Brook Waimàrama Sanctuary.

This whio was photographed by Liz Nock at Torrent River on the Abel Tasman Coast Track.

Nada Woods spied a pair of white-faced herons in Whangārei.

#microchallenge33: Leave Wilderness somewhere
Big Agnes Impassable 20 pack worth $360!

Winner: Everton Lourenco left an old issue from his collection at Mt Fyffe Hut, along with an invitation for others to join Walk1200km in the hut book.

Cathy Dickson works in the health sector and thought this was the appropriate issue to leave in the work café. “Humour is the best tonic!”. Her message says: ‘Mauri Tu Mauri Ora, An active soul is a healthy soul. Please read and share Wilderness 1200km.’

Lily Duvall and partner Jolyon carried a copy of Wilderness to Gerhardt Spur Biv on the West Coast. 

Seen that you’ve won? 

To claim your prize, email a photo of yourself holding this issue of Wilderness to: walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz. Only registered Walk1200km participants are eligible to win, so make sure you’re registered!