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Sun, 18 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1981] | Comments [2]
This morning I drove on north to get to the northern most tip of the south island, Cape Farewell. The landscape here is pretty similar to the north island still, but I did know what the Farewell Spit was made off until I got there. It is a strange elongated ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, the great outdoors, walking
Sun, 18 May 2008 | By walkamile | Views [662]
A town I'm glad I visited once. Rotorua means 'two lakes' in te reo Maori and I took a short walk around one of the lake edges-not a pleasant smell. Rotorua is known for its geological activity and high population of Maori. It almost always smells ... Read more >
Sun, 18 May 2008 | By paulmatthew | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 18 May 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [620] | Comments [1]
Last stop on the Magic Bus was Wellington. Stayed at the Cambridge Hotel with Lou, Ella, Dawn and Angi. Met up with several people that I had previously met when last here - Rob, Llew and Sarah. Called to see Paul and Virginia (ex-family) who I havent ... Read more >
Sat, 17 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1469] | Comments [1]
This morning I was up early and off to catch my ferry. Luckily I'd planned to rise earlier than needed 'just in case' anything went wrong... and lo and behold I missed the turning from the motorway for the ferry! LMAO! It's like I knew I was going to ... Read more >
Tags: driving, on the road, planes trains & automobiles
Sat, 17 May 2008 | By brentoc | Views [640]
The last leg
of our trip began by boat; retracing our steps (or wake, I guess) across Cook
Strait, back to Wellington.
The sea had changed since our previous
trip though; where the ferry had rolled gently like a lullaby cradle, now it
swayed ... Read more >
Sat, 17 May 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 17 May 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [1565] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone, This week we've been climbing Mount Doom, holding our noses in Rotorua and collecting a certain ring in Auckland.... On Tuesday we did the Tongariro Crossing, which is a 7 hour walk (yes, another 7 hour walk! how did this happen?!) through ... Read more >
Fri, 16 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [2222]
This morning I went further upstream past Huka Falls to see Aratiatia Dam and Rapids... The dam is opened three times a day in the winter, more in the summer, and is quite a sight. The area outside the dam is beautiful and quiet, and within a minute ... Read more >
Tags: driving, sightseeing, walking
Thu, 15 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [5512] | Comments [1]
Today I walked the 18.5km Tongariro crossing, and the extra 2km Tongariro peak walk. I completed it in about 7.5 hours, with lots of stops for photo's, water and food. It is difficult to explain just how good this was! The Tongariro National Park is ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, the great outdoors, walking
Wed, 14 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1774]
This morning I went back into town and made some purchases. I got a thermal base layer top, with long sleeves for the walks when its cold (and for skiing, which I want to try whilst here!), some thermal pants and top (lol!), fully water proof over trousers ... Read more >
Tags: onward planning, shopping, sightseeing, walking
Wed, 14 May 2008 | By brentoc | Views [857]
At last! Abel Tasman
National Park! This had been the original motivation for our
trip to the South Island and now we could go
explore it :)
Our entry
point was from the east, but we didn’t have enough time to complete the trek to
the ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, beaches, hiking
Wed, 14 May 2008 | By mattnpete | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 13 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [2630] | Comments [1]
I had a much needed lie-in this morning, no alarm, bliss! After spending some time online uploading photos I checked out the FAQ's for the tandem skydiving in the area and found to my disappointment that the maximum weight for a dive is 100kg's. Back ... Read more >
Tags: shopping, sightseeing, the great outdoors, walking
Tue, 13 May 2008 | By walkamile | Views [863]
Yet another bus ride! This time I went from the Hawke's Bay region to the center of the North Island and NZ's largest lake, Lake Taupo. As soon as I hopped off the bus, I booked a ride on the Ernest Kemp, a replica tugboat-like vessel. I saw the lush ... Read more >
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