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A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Nelson Lakes and the Travers/Sabine CircuitTHE Nelson Lakes, Rotoroa and Rotoiti, and the associated Travers-Sabine Circuit are really one of the gems of the New Zealand outdoors, with their own Nelson Lakes National Park. The scenery is magnificent, there are plenty of huts to stay in, and good tracks.
The lakes are very historic as Lake Rotoiti has a large population of eels, which Māori travelling overland to the sources of pounamu on the West Coast used to dry and smoke for sustenance on the way.
Reaching in behind the lakes, the Travers-Sabine Circuit is about eighty kilometres (fifty m...2021-06-0504 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Romantic RouteburnThe Routeburn Track is one of New Zealand’s ten official Great Walks (soon to be eleven).
In UNESCO World Heritage surroundings, the Routeburn Track was also reputedly named one of the eleven top trails in the world by National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2005. It leads from the headwaters of Lake Wakatipu to the Divide, on the road to Milford Sound.
The whole 32-kilometre track can be done as amulti-day hike, but sections of the track are also very accessible to day-walkers.
Also dubbed ‘the ultimate alpine adventure’ by New Zealand’s Department of Conse...2021-06-0504 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerGertrude Saddle: A Rock Climber's ParadiseI had an adventure of quite a different kind when I went tramping and climbing in the Gertrude Valley, in NZ’s Fiordland National Park.
Nestled underneath the Darran Mountain Range, the valley is reached from a carpark that turns off the Milford Road just before the eastern entrance to the Homer Tunnel.
The Gertrude Saddle, at the head of the valley, has great scenic views down toward Milford Sound/Piopiotahi. It is, however, potentially quite hazardous and needs to be approached with care, and only in good weather. The track up the Gertrude Valley an...2021-06-0504 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerTramping the Milford Track and Feeling very ScottishI did the Milford Track a few years ago with the Wakatipu Tramping Club. It’s New Zealand’s most famous hike, and the Sound is a wonder.
"Mackinnon Pass bears the name of the Scottish explorer Quintin McKinnon, whose first and last names have both been written down in various ways. Like much of the South Island the pass has a real Scottish-highlands feel to it as well. It put me in touch with my father’s-side roots for a moment, even if his native town of Dundee is on the other side of the world!"
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A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Hollyford TrackIT was autumn when, fresh from the summer tramping season, I decided to hike the beautiful Hollyford Track in Fiordland National Park. It was an epic four-day journey with a pre-booked jetboat ride back along the lengthy finger lake known as Lake McKerrow, or Whakatipu Waitai, to shorten the return trip.
I tramped the nine kilometres up from the end of the Lower Hollyford Road to the beautiful Hidden Falls, a walk of about two to three hours, and went on the nearby Pyke River swing bridge, the longest swingbridge in the National Park.
I...2021-06-0405 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Dusky Track — An EpicThe Dusky Track, in the far southwest of NZ’s South Island, is about the same length as the popular Heaphy Track, but much gnarlier!
You can do the Dusky Track in either direction. I did it from south to north. In that direction, you get to the Dusky Track by way of a ferry on Lake Hauroko,one of the southernmost big lakes in New Zealand and at 462 m (1,516 feet) max,the deepest. Before boarding the ferry or after you step off at the Lake Hauroko road-end, which can be reached from Southland townships such as Tū...2021-06-0306 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerMilford Sound/Piopiotahi, and its Scenic RoadWhy only spend a day or two at the sound when you can spend a week on the road as well?
MILFORD Sound, or Piopiotahi, is at the end of a scenic drive known as Te Anau Milford Highway (SH 94), or the Milford Road.
People generally go to the sound for a day and come back.
Alternatively, they may walk the Milford Track.
But you can also spend a week or so in the Milford area just doing day trips off the Milford Road, which is actually one of the...2021-06-0305 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Coast North-West of NelsonONE of the classic New Zealand holidays simply involves heading along the coast north-west of Nelson, or Whakatū. You journey south-west to begin with, through Stoke and Richmond, which are now suburbs of Nelson/Whakatū, through Hope and Brightwater, as far as the historic town of Wakefield, which has the South Island’s oldest church, St Johns, dating back to the 1840s.
From Wakefield you double back and head on up the coast north westward through Mapua and Motueka on the main road, and then on minor coast roads to Kaiteriteri and Marahau and the beginning of Abel T...2021-06-0310 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerSome of My South Island FavesWhat are some of my favourite walks, hikes and places to visit in the South Island? Here’s a short list.
(Some are covered in more detail in other blog posts of mine, and linked to them accordingly.)
To start with, I’ve just lately done the romantically named Moonlight Track, which runs from the beautiful Moke, pronounced Mokeh, Lake to Arthurs Point in the hills behind new Zealand’s informal tourist capital of Queenstown. The track’s named after a prospector called George Fairweather Moonlight: but I like to think it would be fun to do it...2021-06-0308 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerForgotten World: An almost abandoned highway, into the rugged interior of New Zealand's North IslandThe North Island of New Zealand’s rugged interior, explored by way of an almost abandoned highway, now popular with cycle tourists.
JUST LATELY, I came across a diary of travels in old-time New Zealand called In the Land of the Tui. Published in London in the 1890s, the diary was kept by a woman named Eliza Wilson.
At one point, the redoubtable Mrs. Wilson mentions a curious fact that is still an aspect of New Zealand life today. After running into some Auckland polo players at Christchurch’s Riccarton Racecourse, she wrote that:
"We v...2021-06-0304 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerWaikaremoana: Also Steeped in MāoritangaAS A CHILD, I gained a strong connection to Lake Waikaremoana, the lake of rippling waters, which is located in the Māori stewardship area of Te Urewera (formerly Te Urewera National Park). Since Waikaremoana is only a few hours north of Hastings, my family used to camp out at the lake every Christmas holidays from when I was six years old until I was about sixteen. I tramped the area extensively in 1995 and 1998 and redid it in 2008 and in 2012 — I always seem to keep coming back there.
The area is home to the Ngāi Tūhoe p...2021-06-0302 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerLakes Rotoaira and Rotopounamu: Between the Volcanoes and TaupōWell worth a visit are Lakes Rotoaira and Rotopounamu, two beautiful lakes which lie halfway between the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park and Lake Taupō.
Both lakes are bordered by native bush and closely overlooked by the bald-topped Mount Pihanga, visible at centre-right in the aerial photograph below.
Lake Rotoaira was raised in the 1970s for the purposes of the Tongariro Power Scheme. It is privately owned and you need a permit to go boating or fishing.
But the smaller of the two lakes, Lake Rotopounamu, is quite unmodified, public, and totally surrounded b...2021-06-0301 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerMount Tongariro and the Tongariro Crossing: A GemUNLIKE the sheer peaks of nearby Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, Mount Tongariro is more spread out, and supports a popular alpine crossing. Tongariro can be ascended by way of the one-day alpine crossing, or as part of the longer three to four day Tongariro Northern Circuit, which is one of New Zealand’s Great Walks.
(By the way, it is strongly, officially, recommended that anyone who is not a serious mountaineer should not attempt the Tongariro crossing, or circuit, in the more wintery months between early May and late October. The same goes for all New Zealand’s Gr...2021-06-0202 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerMount Ruapehu: You can make itIN THE CENTRE of the North Island,the sprawling Tongariro National Park is hard to miss with its three volcanic peaks of Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngāuruhoe jutting out of the bare high plains of the Central North Island, southwest of Lake Taupō.
Mount Ruapehu has two skifields, at Tūroa and Whakapapa, and is very popular with skiiers from Auckland. I’ve also done three snowcraft and climbing courses on Mount Ruapehu and climbed to the top.
Original blog post: a-maverick.com/blog/mount-ruapehu-you-can-make-it2021-06-0202 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerPirongia: A Pretty Subalpine Climb in BogTHE largest remaining area of native forest near the Waikato’s biggest city, southwest of Auckland, New Zealand
There's heaps of things for a visitor to the Waikato region, south of Auckland, to do.
East of Cambridge, there’s a range of low mountains with spectacular views over the plains and south to the volcanoes of the central North Island. You can drive to the top of Pukemako and look out from there. Further east, still just a few kilometres from Cambridge, are Hobbiton, Te Aroha Hot Springs, Mount Te Aroha and the Kaimai Range, all...2021-06-0201 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Kaimai Range of New Zealand: From Mount Te Aroha to HobbitonI’VE done Mount Te Aroha twice. At 952 metres or 3,123 feet, it’s the highest peak in the Kaimai Range, which continues the mountains of the Coromandel Peninsula southward, next to the Hauraki Plains.
Mount Te Aroha is located next to the spa town of Te Aroha, halfway along the Range. The climb isn’t challenging, and it takes only three hours to reach the summit if you are reasonably fit. There are lots of other tracks nearby.
The Hauraki Rail Trail cycleway runs parallel to the Range, and leads to Matamata, close to the Lord o...2021-06-0202 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Coromandel Pinnacles of New Zealand: Hundreds of Steps in Rock, with a view over the Pacific OceanMY MOTHER fell in love with the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula, and decided to move there from Hastings in 1980. I did heaps of walks in the area right through the ’80s and into the ‘90s.
I tramped the Pinnacles Walk, also called the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail, for the first time in the 1980s and have since done it about ten times since.
The website thecoromandel.com has a page on the Pinnacles among its must-does, and this is a good information source.
The track up to the Pinnacles is not es...2021-06-0201 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAuckland's Western WildsLOCATED just a 30-minute drive west from downtown Auckland, the Hillary Trail is one of Auckland’s best-kept secrets.
It’s too well kept a secret, really, as many Aucklanders have yet to experience it. Like me, they may take a long time to find it. Some Aucklanders, however, like the fact that it is a semi-secret.
Named after New Zealand’s most famous explorer, Sir Edmund Hillary, whom my editor Chris Harris has kindly sketched just below, the track takes you through the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, along wild coastline, past countless waterfalls, and thr...2021-06-0204 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerWaiheke in the SunWAIHEKE Island is the largest island in Auckland’s inner Hauraki Gulf. It used to be a hippie getaway but is now covered in wine trails!
There’s a good Wikipedia page on Waiheke Island, which used to be a hippie getaway but is totally gentrified and wine-trail-ified now, though there are still a few hippies apparently. A friend of mine heard a nice song once called ‘Waiheke in the Sun’ (or maybe that was just one of the lines), but we can’t find any mention of it on the Internet: this was in pre-internet days. Anyway, we...2021-06-0201 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe 27 Regional Parks of AucklandTHE Auckland region of New Zealand has twenty-seven regional parks. The parks are a legacy of a generation of immediately post-World War II conservationists such as Jim Holdaway and Judge Arnold Turner, who saw that a booming Auckland metropolis would need these green lungs conserved.
The regional parks of Auckland are shown as red circles with yellow centres in a map which also appears as the featured image for this episode, and which also shows ferry routes (easier to see in the original blog post!). From the top of the map downward, the parks are listed with...2021-06-0201 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Winterless NorthSOUTH of the long, thin Aupori peninsula is the main bulk of the part of New Zealand known as Te Tai Tokerau (‘the north coast’) or Northland, a region long dubbed the ‘winterless north’ by local tourism operators. This is almost true, even if it isn’t literally true.
Northland used to be covered in kauri, a tree of great significance to Māori and esteemed as particularly valuable to loggers, partly because the oldest ones are huge and partly because the wood is rot-proof and easy to work as well, with a beautiful, honey-like appearance.
Kauri also...2021-06-0107 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerSpirits Bay and Sand DuningSPIRITS BAY is in the far north of New Zealand, known to Māori as the ‘tail of the fish’, with subtropical white sandy beaches and fabulous sunrises and sunsets.
This beautiful area also serves as the starting point for the Te Paki Coastal Track, a walk of three to four days.
About halfway along the track you come to Cape Rēinga, also known as Te Rerenga Wairua, which is where the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Seameet.
More significantly, Cape Rēinga is a sacred place. In Māori mythology it is consider...2021-06-0101 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerNew Zealand Travel TipsSAVE for the yellow-bellied sea snake that occasionally drifts down from Fiji, we New Zealanders don’t have any snakes. Nor do we have crocodiles, venomous ticks or cassowaries to kick you to death. And you aren’t too likely to die of thirst either.
Such are the differences between New Zealand and Australia,which at first glance make New Zealand seem a cosy sort of a place.
All the same, outdoor New Zealand, where the terrain is steep and where it rains a lot, isn’t without its hazards of mountains, water and bad weathe...2021-06-0108 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerDevonport, New Zealand: Auckland’s must-visit ferry suburbDEVONPORT, New Zealand, is an attractive old suburb on Auckland’s North Shore, a short ferry ride from downtown.
Devonport (Auckland) is the most important base of the Royal New Zealand Navy. And before that the Royal Navy’s New Zealand Squadron.
Whence its name, which is the same as that of the headquarters of the Royal Navy near Plymouth, in Devon.
These days, the suburb’s something of a hedonistic getaway. The old official and semi-official buildings have been repurposed into bars and cafes and offices, though the base is still there.
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A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Remarkable Dry River at ĀteneAn almost unique natural feature, and site of an attempt to dam the wild and scenic Whanganui River.
THIS post follows on from my earlier one about the Whanganui River. In this post, I zero in on one rather unusual and especially scenic feature of the river, a cut-off meander or ‘oxbow’ that is still preserved as an obvious dried-up river channel, with a skyline walk around the tops that surround it.
This remarkable feature is at a spot called Ātene, a missionary-bestowed name which is Maori for Athens. It is inhabited by Māori who fa...2021-06-0105 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerCarrying on down the Waikato (part 2)A region steeped in history: Part two of a two-part post.
SOUTH of Pirongia there’s the Waitomo Caves, which are inhabited by creatures called glow-worms. There’s a European glow-worm, the larval stage of a firefly which glows yellowish-green. But the New Zealand glow worms (with relatives in Australia) are quite different and in some ways a lot weirder, like most things in New Zealand.
New Zealand glow-worms are carnivorous gnat larvae that live in caves in huge numbers, like bats. They hang sticky threads around themselves, lighting up the threads with a blue glow...2021-05-3113 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerCarrying on down the WaikatoA region steeped in history: Part one of a two-part post.
WHEN I got to the end of the Forgotten World Highway, I was in Taumarunui. The Whanganui River — the Rhine of New Zealand — is still quite sizable even that far inland, more than 200 km by the run of the river.
This post is about my journey into and through the lands of another river: the Waikato, which flows out of Lake Taupō and down to the sea through the Waikato plains. The Waikato River flows through eight hydroelectric dams. It’s a much more domesti...2021-05-3113 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Talents of TaranakiWhat else can I say about this wonderful region?
IN the last two posts I’ve dwelt on the history of Taranaki, New Zealand. and the region’s famous mountain. But what of its other attractions? In this post I’ll write about those, and then finish by taking my leave on the Forgotten World Highway.
(Featured image credit: New Plymouth looking towards Ōakura, the central part of a panorama on the Photo Gallery of VisitNewPlymouth.)2021-05-3114 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerClimbing the Cone of CatastrophesBeautiful but deadly, New Zealand's Mount Taranaki is reasonably easy to get up. The hard part is getting down.
I’VE climbed Mount Taranaki twice, via the Northern Summit Route which starts near New Plymouth and via the Southern Summit Route which starts at Dawson Falls.
More than eighty climbers have died on the slopes of Mount Taranaki since the first recorded instance of such a fatality in the 1890s. To which must be added the victims of the several aircraft that have crashed into the prominent peak in bad weather and darkness as well....2021-05-3112 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerLands of the Shining Peak‘When death itself is dead, I shall be alive’
THE next region I came to in my tour around New Zealand's lower North Island was Taranaki, also known as the Taranaki or, very colloqually, the Naki.
Everyone in the region lives under the beautiful 2,518 metre (8,261 feet) volcano that gives the region its name, Mount Taranaki: a name that’s thought to mean ‘shining peak’, a reference to the way the mountain looks during the cooler months of the year.
The deceptively beautiful area is also the site of incredible historical conflict, captured in the words...2021-05-3115 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerTales of the WhanganuiRediscovering the ‘Rhine of New Zealand’
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, New Zealand’s rivers were highways. Back then, the Whanganui River was called the Rhine of New Zealand. Goods were shipped up and down it as far as Taumarunui, 230 kilometres (140 miles) inland from the port of Whanganui.
That was one reason the river was compared to the Rhine. The other reason was the scenery.
(Featured image credit: A horse being loaded onto the paddle-steamer Wairere, on the steep banks of the Whanganui River, around 1900. If the planks shifted suddenly the horse would panic, and th...2021-05-3113 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerFrom Chasms to CoastTHE landscape north of Wellington, on the west side of New Zealand's North Island, is often overlooked by tourists and travellers. But it shouldn’t be.
Check out this scene, for instance (the feature image). Is it the Bastei, outside Dresden?
No: it’s part of a similar jumble of rock pillars and chasms called the Iron Gates, near the tiny town of Mangaweka, north-east of Palmerston North. From the Iron Gates you can look out over all the plains, with stunning views recorded on this website.
If a spot like this was in E...2021-05-3110 minWeed + GrubGod's Guts & Awkward Pool PartiesEverything is connected in Mike and Mary Jane's toasted tales about psilocybin, probiotics, scary movies, and CBD for cats. Special thanks to Michael Walker for Soda Reviewz!
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A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerChanging Times at Coronet Peak: From a cosy ski club to costly commercialism, and having to make their own snowIn this podcast I talk about a visit to Coronet Peak, a ski-field near Queenstown, New Zealand. Coronet Peak started out as a club field in 1947 but is now commercial. I talk about the old days when skiing was a way to get around and not yet a sport, and how it seems that back then the snow lay on Coronet Peak all year round. These days it's melting away, and the field has to use the largest collection of snow-making machines in the Southern Hemisphere. The cost of which is, no doubt, included in the inflated price of...2020-07-0506 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerRussian Splendour Renewed: A Heritage Tour of Moscow and St PetersburgRussia is a country where opinions about the past are constantly changing. In the Communist era many old buildings were pulled down or neglected (though some were preserved), but now more of the old buildings are being done up. Even buildings once demolished have miraculously reappeared.2020-06-2910 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Peninsula of the Dawn: Te Atatū and its living mudflatsIn the western suburbs of Auckland lies another slice of wilderness, the peninsula of Te Atatū and its two bush-clad estuaries, the Henderson and the Whau. Until 1960 the peninsula was almost cut off from the world even though it's close to the inner city, and it's kept some of its old, wild character.2020-06-2909 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAmazing Arrowtown: New Zealand's Colonial Time CapsuleIn this podcast, I talk about Arrowtown, Queenstown's smaller neighbour, which has preserved its heritage as a tourist attraction while its bigger, brasher neighbour has relied on selling scenery. There's a lot of character in Arrowtown. But beware: it doesn't get much sun in winter!2020-06-2912 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerCyprus: The Island that Copper’s named afterNOW EXPANDED INTO A BOOK, 'CATCHY CYPRUS', ON AMAZON! I travel to Cyprus, a divided island nation in the north-eastern corner of the Mediterranean, tucked up hard by Turkey and Syria. Cyprus used to supply the ancient Mediterranean world with copper, named after the island in English and other languages. I see turtles at the Alagadi Turtle Beach, visit Larnaca and Nicosia, the Paphos Forest and a monastery linked to founding president Archbishop Makarios, and the Kato Pyrgos resort.2020-06-1022 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerHatay, Explored FurtherThis is the second of my two podcasts on Hatay. I talk about the old town of Antakya (Antioch) and its heritage, including the remarkable Moses Tree and a historic mosque. I discuss the Green Man, Hızır, who is said to have accompanied Moses, and how we visited the waterfall where the nymph Daphne is supposed to have been turned into a laurel tree to escape the pursuit of Apollo. We also travel up the coast, where the sun sets into the Mediterranean, from Samandağ to Iskenderun. (My first podcast on Hatay is here.)2020-06-1006 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerHomestay in HatayAfter Istanbul, I went to the south-eastern province of Hatay to stay with a friend I'd made. We stayed in the historic city of Antakya which the Bible calls Antioch, and travelled around the province looking at its amazing heritage. Not many people go to Hatay at the moment because of the troubles in nearby Syria. This is the first part of a two-part podcast. The second part is here.2020-06-1008 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerPrelude to Aspiring: Or, what to do when there's no snow in paradiseFinding not much snow up the skifields this winter, I go on a trip to the Matukituki Valley. This is a hidden gem below Mt Aspiring, up a 50 km road westward from Wanaka. It was the site of a famous 1949 expedition in which the elderly explorer and founder of the New Zealand Alpine Club, A. P. Harper, was accompanied by the poet James K. Baxter, the composer Douglas Lilburn and the photographer Brian Brake in the hope of making a great artistic production, which unfortunately never happened.2020-06-1007 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane Walker'Tossed by the Wind': The rare and remarkable creatures of Tiritiri Matangi (Part Two)My explorations of Tiritiri Matangi Island, continued from Part One, in which I encounter tuatara and rare songbirds and hike the island's trails.2020-06-1010 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane Walker'Tossed by the Wind': The rare and remarkable creatures of Tiritiri Matangi (Part One)Just north-east of Auckland, New Zealand, lies the sanctuary island of Tiritiri Matangi, a high-value scientific reserve that is home to some of the rarest and weirdest creatures on the planet such as the kiwi and the tuatara. And yet you can go there, and even stay overnight. Tripadvisor has awarded Tiritiri Matangi its Certificate of Excellence and, as of the date of publication of the original post on which this podcast is based (June 6th, 2019), rated it at #2 out of 208 things to do in central Auckland! (This is continued in a separate podcast, Part Two.)2020-06-1019 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerOn a Kiwi Visa in CappadociaCappadocia was a centre of Greek culture for more than two thousand years. For most of its history, the old-time Ottoman Empire had a strong Greek presence, and presence of other Christian minorities, now almost gone from modern Turkey. In this podcast, I talk about Cappadocia's history and cultural relics as well as its freaky natural landforms, formed by the erosion of volcanic ash over millennia and hollowed out to form residences, churches and even whole underground cities!2020-06-1014 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerBobs Cove: A Sacred Pool to the Māori, a Mine to the Pākehā, Instagrammable TodayThis post is about Bobs Cove west of Queenstown: a really interesting place to spend a day, with one of the most Instagrammable views in New Zealand from the top of Picnic Point, other attractions nearby, and a ton of local history!2020-06-0612 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAuckland: Thoughts on a Young CityAuckland, New Zealand, is a city that’s now almost 180 years old, yet which even most locals don’t seem to think of as having much of a history. This is the podcast of a post that touches briefly on the history of Auckland, with some colourful images and three videos. It talks about the degradation of a metropolis once dubbed the 'Queen City' by traffic and motorways, and asks if Auckland can get its mojo back.2020-05-3003 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerBehind the Scenery: Striking Historical Gold in New ZealandThis a short, sharp post in which I reflect on the screening of 'The Luminaries' in New Zealand and why it is that we don't do more to promote our fantastic historical stories, as we could.2020-05-2302 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAuckland's Icon: A trip to Rangitoto, the harbour volcanoI hike up Rangitoto Island, the iconic green volcano that dominates the approaches to Auckland Harbour. I swim on the far side of the beautiful island, where you can't see Auckland at all and could imagine yourself completely away from it all in the South Pacific. And all for the cost of a harbour ferry ride.2020-05-2306 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAn Undeveloped Gem: Auckland's Rotoroa IslandIn this post I visit Auckland's Rotoroa Island, a refuge for alcoholics from 1910 till 2005, which missed out on being over-developed for tourism in the way that neighbouring Pakatoa Island was. Perhaps fortunately so! These days, Rotoroa Island is a nature sanctuary with lots of flightless birds running around under the developing trees. It's still pretty low-key, but there are places to stay.2020-05-2304 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerCovid from a Kiwi PerspectiveThe countries that are succeeding and the countries that are failing. What distinguishes them, and what will happen in the future?2020-05-2307 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane Walker15 Best Places to see the Sunrise in Auckland: Two Inner-City VolcanoesI watch the sun rise from two of Auckland, New Zealand’s pretty green volcanoes and talk about their history and significance to Aucklanders. The second in a continuing series of posts about sunrises in Auckland, described as Part 2 in the audio.2020-05-2306 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane Walker15 Best Places to see the Sunrise in Auckland, New Zealand: The City's Eastern BeachesBefore the lockdown, I went to a number of spots in Auckland to photograph the sunrise. This is the podcast to accompany a post that includes some photos and a video from the city's eastern beaches, taken as I strolled from St Heliers to Ōkahu Bay via Kohimarama and Mission Bay, visiting the Savage Memorial at Bastion Point / Takaparawhā. This is the first of several posts that make up the total, and is described as Part 1 in the audio..2020-05-2304 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerSample Introduction to Eternal Egypt: My Encounter with an Ancient LandThis is the introduction to the audiobook of Eternal Egypt: My Encounter with an Ancient Land. In this book, Mary Jane explores Egypt, a cradle of civilisation described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus as the ‘gift of the Nile’. Mary Jane long put off going to Egypt for years before she finally went. She’s glad she did: there’s so much more to Egypt than the pyramids!
You can order the audiobook on Gumroad, and the Kindle or Print book on Amazon. The Gumroad audiobook includes a PDF with all the images in the print bo...2020-05-1304 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerLovely Lebanon audiobook: Free Sample ChapterHere is a free sample chapter, 'The Hezbollah War Museum', from the audiobook of my 2019 book Lovely Lebanon: A Little Country with a Big History.
The audiobook is currently available on Gumroad, and the ebook and print book are currently available on Amazon. Here's its first Amazon review, from 27 April 2020 (Five stars out of five):
"Interesting book!
"Since I cannot travel myself, I enjoyed reading this book about Lebanon. I like the way the author brings in tidbits of history, along with discussions of the scenery. I am anxious to read...2020-05-0709 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerCatchy Cyprus: Once was the Island of Love (audiobook) (free Introduction)This is the Introduction to my tenth book of travel memoirs, 'Catchy Cyprus: Once was the Island of Love', which you can buy as an audiobook with PDF images on Gumroad, or also as a Kindle or paperback on Amazon.2020-04-2315 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerWhat can you find within Five Kilometres of your House?Holed up in Point Chevalier, Auckland, I explore my local surroundings within a five kilometre exercise bubble, and discover a wealth of hidden places that I'd often ignored before.2020-04-1108 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerLeper Colonies or Lockdown for Covid-19?A report from the front lines of the invisible war in New Zealand, a comparison with Mediaeval social distancing practices, and a visit to a secret oasis in the hills above Queenstown where you can still take your exercise and admire the views!2020-04-1108 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIntroduction to my 2019 book 'The Scottish Isles: Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides (Part 1)'This is the Introduction to my ninth book of travel memoirs, 'The Scottish Isles: Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides (Part 1)', which you can buy as an audiobook with PDF images on Gumroad, or also as a Kindle or paperback on Amazon.2020-03-3010 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerLockdown in QueenstownWill Queenstown revert to the animals? That's the question my editor sets out to investigate as the mountain resort town enters the second night of a four-week lockdown, with bewildered ducks wondering who will feed them, timid wild cormorants getting bolder and a little sparrow staking a claim to a streetlight!2020-03-3004 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerFrom Oamaru to TimaruIn this post, I travel north from Oamaru to the similarly-named town of Timaru, stopping off at Waimate. If Oamaru is the 'whitestone city', Oamaru is bluestone (meaning basalt) and granite, courtesy of a nearby volcano named Mt Horrible. Perhaps the most remarkable attraction is the Te Ana Rock Art Centre, which showcases Māori cave drawings of the utmost amazingness!2020-03-3010 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerBlown Away in BrisbaneBrisbane is Australia's third largest city. It's the hub of Queensland culture, offering glimpses of the past and of the future.2020-03-3006 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Lonely Landscape of the Chatham Islands, where the Coronavirus probably won’t ever arriveMy fourth blog post on the Chathams. From Waitangi I headed north again, toward freaky lonesome volcanoes and wandering cattle. And then down south and around, through Kōpinga Marae and listening to a lecture at Kaingaroa, marvelling at the landscape all the way.2020-03-3005 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Museum at WaitangiIn this post, I visit the museum in the council chamber at Waitangi on the Chathams, and talk some more about the islands' fascinating history, with pictures. Who is that man in the photo? Listen on!2020-03-3008 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThere are Moriori, after all!This is my second post about the Chathams. I posted it a day after hearing that the New Zealand Government had done a deal to recognise Moriori claims. I visit the grave of Tame Horomana Rehe or Tommy Solomon, the 'last' Moriori who wasn't the last, and talk about the fascinating landscape of the islands.2020-03-3008 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerEast to the ChathamsNew Zealand has a North Island and a South Island, but did you know that there's an east island as well? More precisely, an archipelago called the Chathams. I flew there in January 2020 and went exploring. It turns out that this place is far more historically important than people realise! (The first of four posts.)2020-03-3014 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane Walker‘I can’t believe I haven’t stayed here before!’ The Wonderland of OamaruThis is a post about Oamaru, an amazingly historic town in northern Otago, New Zealand. It's the home of the famous writer Janet Frame, and a town that's obvously had a lot of community investment over the years.2020-03-3012 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerUp to the Place of Light, down the Water of TearsThe Pigroot, which I've also blogged about, runs south of a great wilderness. To the north, there is another scenic drive, which runs through the the Lindis Pass and the towns of Cromwell, Ōmārama, Otematata, Kurow and Duntroon. This is about that road trip!2020-03-3011 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerDunedin’s Town Belt and Olveston House, and a backtrack to Mt CargillAdelaide is famous for its parklands, but Dunedin should be too. In this post I explore the city's town belt, the great belt of parklands that encompasses its downtown area. I visit historic Olveston House, in the town belt. And I also climb to the top of Mount Cargill (north of Dunedin) for a view over the city.2020-03-3002 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe North Coast into DunedinI continue my journey from the Pigroot down into Dunedin, visiting the oldest surviving farm in New Zealand and a bizarre warrior museum when I finally hit town.2020-03-3002 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Old Gold Road: Dawdling to Dunedin on the Pigroot TrailIn this post I describe spring travel along the 'Pigroot' road from Queenstown toward Dunedin. I stop in at the historic townships of St Bathans, Wedderburn and Naseby. In the next post I'll complete my journey, travelling south along the coast.2020-03-3007 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerTrain Time for Timaru?Timaru, New Zealand, used to be a Railway Junction. Why can’t main line passenger rail services be restored in the age of climate change?2020-03-3007 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane Walker'Where I Went': Chapter 2 of Iran: Make Love not War – Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll on the Silk RoadThis is the second chapter of my book Iran: Make Love not War – Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll on the Silk Road. It describes where I went in Iran, and is a good overview of the book, which can be purchased as a Kindle or Paperback on Amazon (ASIN i.e.shopcode: B07W4W7FXR) and as an audiobook on Gumroad, at https://gum.co/dyrAC. The book has 283 images, viewable in colour for free on bit.ly/IranMLNWFlipbook.2020-03-1005 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerFree sample of A Maverick Cuban Way audiobook: IntroductionThis is the Introduction to my book A Maverick Cuban Way, first published in 2017. You can listen to it for free.
The whole audiobook is for sale on Gumroad for US $9.99 at https://gumroad.com/l/Ouhrj.
You can also see the photos in the book, 247 images in total, on this widget: bit.ly/MavCubanWayFlipbook.
A Maverick Cuban Way is also for sale on your local Amazon website as a paperback and a Kindle.2020-02-2503 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIran: Make Love not War - Part 6 - Weaving Carpets SlowlyIn this podcast, based on a November 2019 blog post, I talk about the artistic and scholarly culture of Persia and its contribution to the survival of Persia, or Iran, as a nation over many centuries. Surprisingly enough, carpet weaving seems to have played an important part!2019-12-3005 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerDavid Unaipon CountryIn this podcast, based on a November 2019 blog post, I travel to Raukkan in South Australia to pay my respects to the memory of David Unaipon, the polymath who appears on Australia's $50 bill. I also talk about David Unaipon's life and achievements, against the odds, in an early-twentieth-century Australia where the lives of aboriginals such as Unaipon were often strictly controlled.2019-12-3010 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerOutside Adelaide: From Hahndorf to Port ElliotAdelaide, South Australia, is a very charming city. But sometimes you want to get out into the country. In this podcast, of a blog post I put up in November 2019, I go to the German-Australian town of Hahndorf, and then to the Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, to the Fleurieu Peninsula, and to the seaside towns of Port Elliot and nearby Victor Harbour2019-12-3012 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerDoubtful Sound RevisitedThis podcast combines the fourth and fifth of my posts about travel in New Zealand in springtime. I visit Doubtful Sound / Pātea in south-west New Zealand on the 19th and 20th of September, 2019, taking an overnight boat trip and describing the things I see and do along the way. An overnight boat trip is a really good way to see the fiords of south-west New Zealand, as the weather is often changeable . The blog post is dated 22 December 2019 in the audio; part two, which I added to the first post to complete the podcast as part two is s...2019-12-2911 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Humiliations of PersiaThis is a further podcast in my Iranian series. It concerns the way that Persia, or Iran, has often suffered a form of cultural condescension at the hands of the West, for instance in the relative virtues of the Spartans and the Persians in the '300' films. Iran has also been invaded and occupied many times by outside powers, most recently in the course of World War II: a little-known episode which set the scene for the Battle of Stalingrad. The prickly attitudes of the present-day Islamic Republic can partly be traced to these humiliations. The series is...2019-12-1710 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerThe Great DiebackIn this podcast, I talk about the serious global problem of phytophthora species being spread from one country to another. Phytophthora is a Greek word meaning 'Destroyer of Plants'. It refers to a kind of fungus or blight organism that thrives in damp soil. There are many species of phytophthora and when a new species is introduced, it is often devastating to the local plant community. Local phytophthora can also wipe out imported plants. The Irish potato blight, which caused a famine in the 1840s, was the result of a species of phytophthora. In this podcast, based on a...2019-12-1509 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerA Spring Break at WanakaThis post is one of a series that I'm putting out this southern summer, 2019/2020, about the pleasures of travelling off the beaten track in New Zealand. Off the beaten track in terms of place, and time of year. For it's about a trip I made in spring, when when the weather's improving but there aren't many tourists about, to a place called Wanaka, on Lake Wanaka north of Queenstown. Among other things, Wanaka's the site of an oft-photographed willow, #ThatWanakaTree. So maybe it's not that far off the beaten track after all! But still, it's interesting to visit in...2019-12-1510 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerOff the beaten track at ManapouriA post about spring travel in New Zealand, when things aren't busy but the weather's mostly fine. I stay at a funky holiday camp with a lot of history and talk about local hiking treks.2019-12-1404 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerHistory in Motion: Travelling through Time on the TSS EarnslawNew Zealand is a young country, but a country with a lot of history all the same. This includes the amazing lake steamer, the TSS Earnslaw, launched in 1912 and still going strong under steam power. This podcast is based on a blog post of the same title, on my website, which includes photos and videos.2019-10-2507 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAdelaide and South Australia (Part 2)I talk about how Adelaide is a supremely walkable city, ‘Designed for Life’, thanks to a farsighted early plan. I walk around the downtown and visit the old gaol, and talk about threats to Adelaide's livability as a result of road construction and loss of heritage buildings.2019-10-2006 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIran: Make Love not War - Part 5 - The Caspian RivieraIt had been really hot at Alamut, and the mountains semi-arid. So we went through green forests to the shores of the Caspian Sea, the strange inland ocean of central Asia, where people from Tehran go for their holidays.2019-10-1303 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIran: Make Love not War – Part 4 – The Valley of the AssassinsPerhaps you've heard of the 'Old Man of the Mountain'? Hassan-i Sabbah was the real-life inspiration for the game Assassin's Creed. I visit his stronghold in the Alamut Valley, part of a historically rebellious and frontier-like part of Iran northwest of Tehran.2019-10-0407 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAdelaide and South Australia (Part 1)This podcast is based on the first of a series of blog posts on Adelaide (the capital of South Australia) and the region nearby. Adelaide is a spectacularly attractive city with massive inner city parklands, though many historic buildings are at risk. The region nearby is where nearly everyone in South Australia who isn't actually from Adelaide lives. It includes the aborignal community of Raukkan, historic settler towns and numerous nature parks.2019-10-0408 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerAustralian Alps: a visit to the ski resorts of Perisher and ThredboIn this post, I visit the ski resorts of Perisher and Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains area of the Australian Alps. The area's quite famous and historic (as in 'The Man from Snowy River') and the skifields are huge. I give out some practical tips about where to stay and how to save money by booking ahead, and share heaps of photos and videos and stories gleaned by talking to local people.2019-09-1218 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIran: Make Love not War - Part 3 - Tabriz and the Road of the MartyrsIn this episode, I cross the border into Iran and travel to Tabriz, then on to the Alamut Valley. The first thing I see at the border is people smuggling cigarettes! In a small town on the border, I get told with a throat-slitting gesture that I must wear a hijab in Iran or be killed. This advice was overly dramatic for places like Tehran, which are fairly cosmopolitan (though you'd still get in trouble with the morality police). But it might have been true locally and I certainly wasn't going to offend anyone. Leaving the wild frontier with...2019-09-0410 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIran: Make Love not War - Part 2In this episode, I cross the border from Turkey into Iran and talk about some of the practicalities of getting there, including visa issues and changing money.2019-08-1207 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerIran: Make Love not War - Part 1This podcast is based on the first of a series of blog posts I'm putting up about a trip I made to Iran, in the Autumn of 2018. I describe where I went in the country and some of the issues it faces. I crossed overland from Turkey, and made my way to Tabriz, and from there to the Alamut Valley, the home of a famous guild of Mediaeval assassins, who took on the oppressors of the poor. From there I travelled to Tehran, with a side trip to the resort town of Chalus, on the Caspian Sea. Then I...2019-07-3007 min
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerA Maverick Traveller (audiobook): Part 2 of 2 This is an experimental upload of the first half of an audiobook of A Maverick Traveller, prepared using Animaker and Amazon Polly. A Maverick Traveller is the first of Mary Jane Walker's travel memoirs, first published in 2017 and since updated The Kindle and print versions contain 93 images and you can go to the sales link here. This audiobook episode follows on from Part 1, beginning at Chapter 25, 'Dictators and Dracula''. See also Mary Jane's website and blog. 2019-06-253h 46
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerA Maverick Traveller (audiobook): Part 1 of 2This is an experimental upload of the first half of an audiobook of A Maverick Traveller, prepared using Animaker and Amazon Polly. A Maverick Traveller is the first of Mary Jane Walker's travel memoirs, first published in 2017 and since updated. The Kindle and print versions contain 93 images and you can go to the sales link here. The audiobook ends at the end of Chapter 24 'All Roads Lead Around Rome' and the second half begins at the start of Chapter 25, 'Dictators and Dracula'. See also Mary Jane's website and blog.2019-06-253h 10
A Maverick Traveller: The Podcasts of Mary Jane WalkerMaungatautiri, the Sanctuary MountainThe world's largest ecological reserve behind a pest-proof fence lies south-east of Cambridge, New Zealand, close to Hobbiton and the Waitomo glow-worm caves. It's the Maungatautari Reserve, also known as Sanctuary Mountain. All kinds of ancient and endangered species now have a chance to thrive on this island in the sky, rising up above the intensively-farmed plains of the Waikato. I went for a ramble on the mountain with the Auckland meetup group, Feet First.2019-06-1011 min
Weed + GrubWeed Wish You a Merry Fried ChickenWith the Tender Friends (Eric Wilson and Michael Walker). Mike and Mary Jane get extra crispy critiquing Kentucky Fried Chicken with the Tender Friends. This very special podcast crossover includes chicken synchronicity, bubble wrap catching fire, hashing out problematic holiday songs, a heartwarming gift exchange, and the true meaning of KFC: Kentucky for Christmas (at least, in Japan). Merry Kushmas everyone!
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Magical Butter (enter code WEEDANDGRUB for 20% off at checkout)2018-12-241h 06Weed + GrubWeed Wish You a Merry Fried ChickenWith the Tender Friends (Eric Wilson and Michael Walker). Mike and Mary Jane get extra crispy critiquing Kentucky Fried Chicken with the Tender Friends. This very special podcast crossover includes chicken synchronicity, bubble wrap catching fire, hashing out problematic holiday songs, a heartwarming gift exchange, and the true meaning of KFC: Kentucky for Christmas (at least, in Japan). Merry Kushmas everyone!
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Weed + GrubGetting Fried with the Tender FriendsMike and Mary Jane eat weed-infused chicken tenders prepared by the dynamic Tender Friends! What makes the perfect chicken tender? What's your soda mix? How high did we get? (Very.) Listen in for an OG Burger King soda mix recipe and how to make the perfect 420 popcorn chicken. A very special cross-podcast episode with Michael Walker and Eric Wilson, a.k.a. the Tender Friends.
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Music by Jesse Case
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Tender Fri...2018-07-181h 05Weed + GrubGetting Fried with the Tender FriendsMike and Mary Jane eat weed-infused chicken tenders prepared by the dynamic Tender Friends! What makes the perfect chicken tender? What's your soda mix? How high did we get? (Very.) Listen in for an OG Burger King soda mix recipe and how to make the perfect 420 popcorn chicken. A very special cross-podcast episode with Michael Walker and Eric Wilson, a.k.a. the Tender Friends.
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High Quality Podcast5 - Share the LoveHigh Quality's Mary Jane and Lo
discuss the good of the green.
My Favorite Strain: Tangie
Mary Jane's Product Review: G Pen- Gio
Lo discusses Joe Rogan and Matthew Walker's interview on Cannabis and REM cycle
They introduce a new segment: Cannabis Heroes!2018-06-2537 min