January 2021 – Moo and Moochelle

Month: January 2021

Eketahuna Cliff Walk, MANAWATU

Track Facts: 30mins (return) 2km Flat, well defined track (suitable for kids) Very easy walk This wee walk/hike wasn’t the one we intended to do (we wanted to go to Rocky Lookout in the Tararua Ranges, if there’s a hyperlink here, we went back and did it another day 😃 ), but was a reasonable […]

Westmere Lake, WHANGANUI

Not to be confused with the Westmere Walkway , which is also a great walk, in a completely different part of town. Turns out Westmere is a very big “rural community” that covers basically all of rural Whanganui on the northern side of the river. So. Now you know. The Maori name for this lake […]

Virginia Lake, WHANGANUI

Rotokawau ❤️ Translation: the lake of the black shag “Roto”=lake, “kawau”=Black shag I’m going to count last weeks walk around the lake as Hike 2 for 2021. We took the high track (there is a low, middle and high track. I usually take the low track), which I hadn’t done before. Which took 30mins and […]

Kapiti Island, WELLINGTON

Track Facts: We did the Wilkinson track to the highest point of the island (pictured below) 5.4km one way (although the DOC website says the track is shorter than what my GPS recorded) 521m elevation 2 hours up, 1.15hour down Moderate level of fitness required Other shorter, easier and kid friendly walks are available Kapiti […]

Mt Lee’s Reserve, MANAWATU

Track facts: Location: Halcolme (a small rural community in the Manawatu) 2.3km loop 30mins Easy walk Kid friendly No dogs Open 9am-5pm ✨ Hello 2021✨ we are soo ready for you! This year mikey and I have a whole lot (21, naturally) goals. One of the most exciting is to do 21 day hikes. (Which […]