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Karetai Track
#142 Do - Karetai track from Highcliff side. You can park at the end of Karetai Road. It's a quick down and slow up for a burst of fresh...
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Buskin Track
#138 Do - jog or walk the Buskin Track on the Otago Peninsula. Today we parked on Highcliff and headed down Buskin Road, you're rewarded...
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Lake Dunstan
#135 Do - jog the shoreline of Lake Dunstan. My morning jog the last couple of days has been a section of a trail north along the...
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Tokata Lighthouse
#128 Do - walk to the Nugget Point Lighthouse (aka Tokata Lighthouse) on sunrise in the Catlins. It's a short walk with beautiful coastal...
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Heyward Point
#123 Do - jog to the views from Heyward Point. I am already scheming to come back here in summer with a picnic👌I parked at the track...
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North Royal Albatross
#120 Do - Despite the photo not doing this justice (it is a stunningly beautiful place), visiting the world's only mainland breeding...
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Frasers Gully
#113 Do - Jog the recently reopened Frasers Gully track from Kaikorai Valley up to Brockville. On a bitterly cold morning with Jack...
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Papanui Inlet Cockles
#111 Do - collect cockles on a perfect blue sky morning. I had visions of a bucket of cockles (no more than 150 of course) to make a big...
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Silver Stream Water Race Track
#109 Do - find the little paths in the bush in the Silver Stream Water Race Tracks. Today was along the Steve Amies to the Little Coal...
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Sit in the sunshine in Carlton
#94 Do - on a sunny winter morning we strolled north of the city centre to our old neighbourhood of Carlton. It was the perfect spot to...