247-Musicians on the Te Araroa part 2
Show notes
In late 2019 in episode 124 we interviewed musicians Mickey and Michelle just before they set out on their 3,000km adventure on the Te Araroa Trail in New Zealand. Their experience was a bit different than most as they planned to continue working as musicians as they went. COVID interrupted their trip and now a little over three years later they have finally completed their trip. In this episode we catch up with them to find out about their experience and what they thought of New Zealand’s longest trail.
Previous Episode
The get the best from this episode listen to our previous interview with Micky and Michelle in episode 124
Podcast overview
- Podcast introduction
- Episode introduction (time index 0:01:59)
- Before we talk about your hike give us a brief reintroduction to yourselves.
- Involvement in hiking
- Your music backgrounds
- What made you decide to do this walk on New Zealand’s Longest Trail? (time index 0:03:55)
- Fund raiser / Michelle Osteoporosis (remind us about this impact)
- Challenge etc.
- Other?
- Now you started this walk in 29 September 2019 and planned to finish by late March 2020, but this didn’t eventuate. So, what happened?(time index 0:09:48)
- COVID
- Now on to the trail itself. Let look at logistics first. Ignoring the COVID interruption how many days did you actually spend on trail doing this walk?
- From memory you started in the north of New Zealand and headed south, is that correct? (time index 0:14:04)
- Why did you pick that direction?
- Take us through the trip itself – what did a typical day on trail look like? (time index 0:15:56)
- Accommodation
- Homestay options?
- Did you have planned rest days (around gigs or just to take a break), if so how often was that planned?
- What was your resupply strategy and did this work out? (time index 0:25:07)
- Where did you pick up your water from?
- While I use to live in New Zealand, I haven’t done a lot of hiking. Please take through your journey and the key landscapes and things that you saw. (time index 0:29:36)
- Landscape types
- Animals?
- What were the lowlights/highlights of the trip? (time index 0:38:37)
- Now you planned on doing some music gigs as you walked how did that pan out for you?
- What advice would you offer for people looking at doing this trail?
- Accommodation
- So where to next? Do you have another great adventure planned? (time index 0:46:55)
- Gill and Tim’s wrap up (time index 0:48:37)
- Close (time index 1:00:33)
The trail itself
Resources
- Find out all about New Zealand’s world renowned long distance trail
- Find out more about Mickey and Michelle and their upcoming trip
- Donate to support Osteoporosis (site to launch on the hike commencement)
- Listen to some example of their excellent music
- Instagram: @mickeyandmichelle
- Facebook:@mickeymichellemusic
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Michelle on the Te Araroa
Mickey on the Te Araroa
Mickey and Michlle at the Te Araroa southern trail head
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