This manuscript languished at the bottom of the wardrobe for 25 years. It is an account of the journey across New Zealand, top to bottom, through the bush - a little under 3000kms in 168 days. It is a 'first draft' written a few months after the trip in 1983/84. The route explored the possibility of a North-South Walkway through the country. The temptation to re-write and 'tart it up" with exciting expletives and dripping metaphors has been resisted. The written word follows this intrepid trek and relays the true characteristics of the journey - rough, raw , tenacious, and at times tedious. It is an authentic account interpreted from the pages of his logbook. - taken from back cover
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Wee walk in the wilderness: walking the length of New Zealand through the bush 1983/ 84
