Orust – Returning to Te Ika-a-Māui

SE: Klädesholmen – Glöskärviken

Tuesday, August 28: Cloudy to begin with but calm, becoming sunny & warm

Sea kayaking: 26.1 km

Glöskärviken wilderness camping

Time to get back onto the water today, and that meant an early rising for everyone from about 7:30 onwards, breakfast with the luxury of a table, and packing away everything and carting it all down to the boats, which were quite full of water after yesterday’s storm. Once the hut had begun to empty somewhat, some cleaning, sweeping and vacuuming could be done, but all were very enthusiastic again after the day off, and we were ready to go by 10:00. Read more…

SE: Bråtö – Hälsön

Saturday, August 25: Partially cloudy for most of the day, but the clouds were moving quite quickly

Sea Kayaking: 14.3 km

Hälsön wilderness camping

It rained a couple of times during the night, mostly heavily but briefly. Breakfast this morning was the usual fare and during the course of discussion about today’s destination we decided on two half-days with two different ways of filling the non-kayaking half: Today we would enter the fiord between Orust and Tjörn, Stigfjorden, and find an island to camp on and spend the afternoon exploring; and on another day we would go to a village for a walk around. Read more…

Kia Ora!

Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to another journey to the other side of the planet.

This time it’s the North Island, and the dates are February 9 – April 7, 2019.

Whanganui River Journey, February, 2015, just after starting

There is still unfinished business: The Whanganui River Journey still has to be filmed after the loss of the camera on the last trip (2015). And while in Ohakune, there’s plenty to do, and escape the crowds at the same time. Why not the Round the Mountain Track this time, instead of the Tongariro Northern Circuit? And perhaps shoot some views of Ruapehu in the sunset or sunrise. Read more…