Birchwood to Bluff - Te Araroa (Part 22)
My 3000km walk along the length of New Zealand continues. This video covers the final five day section of the Te Araroa trail from Birchwood to Bluff, through Southland. From Birchwood, I follow the Woodlaw Track over farmland and pine forest, before emerging at Scotts Gap. From here, I follow roads for about 10km to the start of the Longwood Forest Track - the final forest on Te Araroa. This forest was one of the worst sections of the trail, with endless, knee deep mud for two days! I stay at Martin's Historic Hut in the forest - not the nicest hut, but a good break from the mud! The next day, I walk out of the Longwood Forest to Round Hill Road and then on to the village of Colac Bay, where I see the sea for the first time in months. After a very slow beach walk at high tide, I cross over the final hill and enter Riverton, where I spend the night at the holiday park. The next day, I follow Oreti Beach for around 22km into Invercargill, where I stay at the holiday park. The final day of the trail, I complete the last 35km from Invercargill to Bluff - a very boring road walk to start off with, but then a pretty epic ending!
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Chapters:
0:00 Birchwood to Merrivale
4:30 Merrivale to Martins Hut
12:58 Martins Hut to Riverton
20:19 Riverton to Invercargill
24:25 Invercargill to Bluff
27:53 Bluff
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Awesome adventure- thanks for sharing!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following! Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow! You sure deserved that medal.Well done!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following - it was one amazing journey!
Really enjoyed your videos . Well done and thanks for sharing
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed! I'll be posting a few more videos soon.
Congratulations, Jared! What an awesome achievement you've made! Thanks for sharing the adventure.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome mate, thanks for sharing your journey with us. Definitely a bucket list thing for me!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed it! It's definitely worth doing. I'll get some more videos up sometime about planning, gear, etc. and my other adventures.
Congratulations!!! Thanks for sharing your amazing adventure 🎉
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following - glad you enjoyed it! It was definitely a great experience.
Was worth the watch every time mate. Great adventure, can't wait to finish the south in summer myself
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following! The South was definitely the highlight, but beware of the Longwood mud!
Followed your whole adventure. Awesome to see you complete this. Its been a great watch, congratulations.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following all the way through! Yes it was a great feeling coming into Bluff.
Congratulations on finishing Te Araroa and making these videos. I have thoroughly enjoyed following along with you, and look forward to seeing what you do in the future.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following - glad you enjoyed the videos! I'm hoping to have some more up soon.
nice work!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following!
Congratulations to all who finished.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
It was great to all group up at the end and walk in together!
Mate... what an amazing adventure!!! Congratulations on finishing this journey🍻
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - yeah it was a pretty epic adventure! Thanks for following!
Well done Jared - what an achievement!
@onthetrailnz
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@DavidStevenson-pn4mf
7 ай бұрын
Jared, do you have a clip about your hiking kit for Te Araroa and what food you recommend? @@onthetrailnz
@onthetrailnz
7 ай бұрын
Hi, no I keep meaning to make a video about my gear, but can't seem to find the time! In terms of food, most of the way I ate heat and eat curries (just from the supermarket) and rice, and for the longer South Island sections I took Local Dehy dehydrated food (I am vegetarian).
Hi Jared, congratulation to your trip. It was a pleasure to follow you! I am looking foward to do the journey myself starting in October this year!
@onthetrailnz
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for following my journey! Good luck with your adventure - I'm sure you'll love it!
Congratulations!!!! You have achieved an absolutely epic walk with all the challenges along the way. I have enjoyed reading your adventure so much. I dream of hiking this trail myself and who knows it may happen - maybe in sections. Go well young man.
@onthetrailnz
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for following! Yeah it was definitely an amazing adventure and I'm so glad I did it! It is definitely worth doing if you ever get the chance.
Well done Jared, what an adventure, I've enjoyed your videos - a lot of extra time and effort goes into making them no doubt, all the best in your future endeavors young fella, Geoff
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff, thanks for following my adventure! Glad you enjoyed the videos. I'll have some more up soon of my latest trips.
Congratulations Jared. Something of a pity that the last part of the track is a mud wallow, but you were excited anyway and you got some great views when you were out of the plantations. We weren't far away from your route a couple of weeks earlier - we stayed at the same camp in Riverton, travelled some of the same roads in more comfort in our campervan, and went through Tuatapere. It is a beautiful part of the country. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us. Cousin John.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Hi John, thanks for your support all the way through. It's a shame we were so close on a few occasions, but didn't get to meet up. I will definitely be back down in the South Island though - it's such a beautiful place.
Bloody brilliant. Congratulations Jared, what a marvelous achievement. Maybe a video that includes mum and dad...they did some hard yards in the support section of your journey. Looking forward to the best and worse video. Once again, congratulations, epic effort.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following my journey!
Congratulations Jarod🎉 Your videos have been the highlight of our Sunday afternoons for months!! We’ve really loved your consistently great footage and daily commentary. We’ve learnt so much from you and are looking forward to our own TA adventure 2024/2025. Thank you! Donna and Paul- Australia.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks so much for your comment! Glad you enjoyed the videos! Good on you for taking on the TA - it's definitely worth it!
Awesome man. Coming out onto the ocean at Colac Bay was super emotional for me. Can't imagine how it felt for you having done the whole trail! Hope you're enjoying post trail rest. Cheers
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yes it was a pretty emotional moment to be that close to the end - a huge relief to get out of the Longwood's! Thanks for watching!
Hey bro thanks for sharing your journey with us( Ham toastie guy again) it was funny that day i was driving back to invercargill that day thinking, i knew that guy was vegetarian 🤔 was tripping me out until i literally got home and put your latest episode at the time😳 blew my mind😂. glad you achieved your goal 🙇🏽🙇🏽 bro happy travels🤟🏾
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - it was awesome to meet you (briefly!) - you'll always be known as the toastie guy! It's the people that make the journey and glad to have met you!
Well done! Woodlaw track - the steepest on Te Araroa? Look forward to your best-of and worst-of videos. For me Breast Hill and Waiau Pass were the best and the Longwoods wins the worst by a long shot! Well done again!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Yes the Woodlaw Track was definitely steep - it doesn't look like it in the video. It sounds like we've had a similar experience - Breast Hill and Waiau Pass were highlights for me as well and I don't even know how the Longwoods can be called a trail!
Amazing, super congratulations on your amazing journey. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. We have watched the entire series and enjoyed every single episode. Here is to a well deserved rest!!!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for following! Glad you enjoyed the series!
What happened to the mattresses in Martins hut?
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
They were all there - they were surprisingly good compared to the rest of the hut!
Make sure you show your Dad on one of your vids.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
He might need to come on a few more walks!