In March 2009 I was in the Far North for business and I took a day out of my schedule to whip (if you can call a couple of hours in the car ‘whipping’) up to Cape Reinga.
Trying out my video camera, this is the record of the visit. Even back then, I knew I was going to be completing Te Araroa one day…
[Cape Reinga – first time around] – view here.
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See it was within you the whole time!! Hope the prep is coming together nicely