Mick Beckers

What makes the Dusky so challenging?

Remoteness Located deep in Fiordland in New Zealand’s south-west corner, the Dusky Track is only accessible by boat or sea

This post is a little different to my usual format of hiking blog in that instead of writing a post

Before I take off to New Zealand to tackle the Dusky Track I had better close out this AAWT adventure.

Had a great night sleep in Bill Jones Hut. All the descriptions I’d heard of the place were that it

Not a great deal going on today. It was another tough, boring road bash which I’m getting pretty sick of.

Such a peaceful nights sleep in the hut last night. With only 25km to travel today I was in no

I fear this may be the point in the story where things start to become repetitive. Today would mostly be

There was not a lot going on today, feeling more like a commute from one place to another than anything

Today commenced with an early visit to the bakery, just as they opened to grab a breaky roll, fresh coffee

It was so good to curl up under cotton sheets in a real bed last night, instead if the synthetic