The Ngatapuwae o Toi is a loop track from Whakatane to Ohope. This morning I walked the Fairbrother Loop Walk at Ohope Beach. They say the walk should take about an hour and half, and that’s taking it easy. There were some steeper uphill sections, but if you powered through it I say you can do it in an hour. I was alone for most of the time - the track was also a bit muddy as we’ve had quite a bit of rain over the last few days. I can see this track being busier in the summer.
Read MoreTaupo is a geothermal wonderland - though I could picture Craters of the Moon literally once being a large paddock until developers realised people would pay money to walk in this paddock. You could say it was the perfect place to be on a cold winter’s day - after ten minutes of walking I was breaking into a sweat and by the time I reached the lookout, I wished I was wearing shorts.
Read More“Smile!” shouted my tandem master, Mike, as my feet dangled over the edge of the plane. In that split second I was nervously excited as I looked down at Lake Taupo. Before I could change my mind, I was already free falling from 15,000 feet. The cold air hit my face, rushed through my windpipe and into lungs. I could only describe the feeling as everything my logical brain should tell me not to do, yet I did it anyway. Rebel.
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