New Zealand: The Tongariro Alpine Crossing
A single snow capped peak towered towards the sky. Mount Ruapehu looked like the remains of a mountain after a serious of violent eruptions have torn its summit to pieces […]
Category Archives: New Zealand
New Zealand: Kapiti Island
In arriving at Jason’s home we approached the end of our planned itinerary. We were looking ahead to things we wanted to do as and when we came to them, […]
New Zealand: Crossing The Cook Straight
The journey on to Picton felt like a race against the clock, we stopped overnight along the way, before driving on to make the ferry on time. Along the way […]
New Zealand: Sea Kayaking
We’re in for an early morning safety briefing. This is your boat. These are the pedals you will use to steer your boat. Wait, what? Push the top half of […]
New Zealand: Abel Tasman Coastal Track
A short morning drive through the agricultural paradise of apple orchards, vineyards, and hop farms delivered us to a campsite in Marahau close to 11am. We had arrived at the […]
New Zealand: Trouble At The Pancake Rocks
Greymouth was approximately a 45 minute drive away from our next destination, Punakaiki. Another town consisting of a few houses, a gift shop and a tourist attraction. The best time […]
New Zealand: Black Water Rafting
We left Franz Josef after our bath. We had an appointment the following afternoon in the town of Greymouth, over 170km away. Nobody was keen on being the group who […]
New Zealand: Franz Josef Glacier
The Franz Josef township is another testament to the value of tourism in New Zealand. It was what I had expected to find at Milford Sound. The short main street […]
New Zealand: The Tasman Sea & Fox Glacier
I walked through the camp ground down to the Haast River. It’s obvious to see from here, Tolkien never considered New Zealand as the setting of his stories. The water […]
New Zealand: From The Lake Counties To Mount Aspiring National Park
It had been 24 hours since I had last seen my journal. It had to be somewhere in the van. I was convinced that I had put it in the […]
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