A Long Day in the Mountains: Hiking the Tongariro Crossing
Finally the day had come. We were preparing to walk the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, a 20-odd kilometre trek in the...
Finally the day had come. We were preparing to walk the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, a 20-odd kilometre trek in the...
You just can’t visit New Zealand without spending some time on a jetboat. I’m not sure if it’s a legal...
Rotorua stinks. I mean, literally, it really stinks. The small city is built on a geothermal hotspot that brings bubbling...
The drive from Waitomo to Mount Maunganui only took a couple of hours, the road winding through rolling farmland that...
100 metres really isn’t very far. Just ask Usain Bolt. It’s funny, though. When you’re standing on the edge of...
I’d only ever been to Raglan once before, on a rushed road trip through the North Island many years ago. ...
Back when I was planning our time in New Zealand, three days in Northland had seemed like a decent amount....
Heading north out of Auckland the low cloud started to lift and with it, my spirits. The top of New...
I'm Dave Dean. In 2011 I quit my job, sold everything I owned, and set off to live, work and wander round the world, armed with a backpack, a good pair of boots, and no return ticket.
THIS IS MY STORY.