Tararua Fever
This podcast is about anything and everything to do with tramping in the Tararua Ranges, New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics from different tramps, access and updates, interviews with experts, and more ! Contact us anytime on tararua.fever@gmail.com
Episodes
13 episodes
Scroggin: Episode 2
In this episode of Scroggin, we’re tearing open the trail-mix mystery bag and diving straight into the good stuff. I’m joined by Kent this week as we cover some cool tramping-related podcasts, talk through a few of the significant slips from ac...
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The T-Files - Seeing is Believing
On this 11th November episode of Tararua Fever, seeing is believing and I am joined by my co-host Kent where we are timing it within range of Halloween and discussing amongst other things, the Ghosts of the Tararua Ranges ! Join us as we go ...
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Episode 11
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57:54
Scroggin: Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of Scroggin, the quick snack between the main Tararua Fever episodes to keep you satiated. On this first ep, I have a small update on the ‘expecting’ situation from the previous episodes baby shower tramp. I also co...
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What to Expect When Expecting.... Tararua Fever
In this latest episode of Tararua Fever, the format is slightly tweaked again due to small-big announcement for my partner, Lex and I, that may change things for our tramping experiences for the next wee while. So, what better way to celebrate ...
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Episode 10
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1:09:01
Shelter from the Storm
Welcome back to episode 9, ‘Shelter from the Storm’ - not the famous book, or the song, but it is all about the huts of the Tararua Ranges where we cover off some of the variables to think about when your trips involve the use of different type...
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Episode 9
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1:14:14
The Best Backyard in the World (?!)
On episode 8, “The Best Backyard in the World (?!)”, is it a rhetorical question ? You bet your fever symptoms it is ! I am joined my mum and dad briefly to talk about some of the different things to think about for getting in and out of the ac...
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Episode 8
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1:03:11
Getting Away for the SK
For Episode 7, Getting away for the SK, I am joined again by Allen, where we get deep into why I prefer tramping with mates over solo tramping – and then I share a trip that I indeed did do by myself. A tramp I like to call the Western Crossing...
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Episode 7
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1:14:47
Islands in the Sun
Sorry about the wait Folks ! On this post Easter, Easter episode (6) I am joined by another good friend where relive our adventure of river walking up the Eastern Waitewaewae River to Island Forks and all the reasons why, if you have not been t...
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Episode 6
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1:32:27
Slipp'n, and Slid'n to the Forks
On this episode of Tararua Fever we are slip'n and slid'n to the Forks in more ways than one - We start with a quick and small Tararua101 on the main rivers of the Tararua Ranges - But do not worry, the 101 will extend a bit more each ep on dif...
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Episode 5
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1:01:24
'Ampin for Campin'
Join us for Episode 4, ‘Ampin for Campin’ where my best mate, Al, and I, go on a tramp and the camp out for the night. We face the literal ups and downs of the rugged Tarurua ranges, stare down in to the abyss (cliff tops) from great heig...
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Episode 4
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1:02:26
Gear, There and Everywhere
In Episode 3 of Tararua Fever, I am joined by my lovely darling to discuss a ‘coast-to-coast’ trip we did a year ago that went from the Holdsworth road end in the Wairarapa, to up and over Maungahuka and out to the Kapiti Coast. We discuss the ...
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Episode 3
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1:12:02
No Easy Trips
In Episode 2 of Tararua Fever I explore the difficulty of planning a nice easy stroll in the Tararua Ranges. I speak of a previous trip with some friends where we had to slightly pivot on the original plan. I look into what we were looking for ...
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Episode 2
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1:00:29
Have You Got the Fever ??
In this first episode of Tararua Fever I introduce the concept of what this podcast is all about, who I am, why I love tramping in the Tararua Ranges and a segment on a previous tramp of the Northern Crossing. I then host the first interview wi...
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Episode 1
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