Our time spent on the west coast of South Island was coming to an end, only a long stretch of road and a three hundred and fifty mile road trip stood between us and our next activity, sea kayaking in Abel Tasman. We split the drive across two days with a night in Punakaiki, giving us […]
Read more "Pancakes and the Titanic"Rich and I were both really looking forward to our heli-hike experience on the Franz Josef glacier. When the morning arrived we stepped out of our hostel and looked up at the glacier, with bright blue skies and barely a breath of wind, we couldn’t have picked a better day for our glacier adventure. “Our […]
Read more "Franz Josef Glacier Hiking"Rich couldn’t wait to get to Wanaka as this was the place that he had booked a flying lesson. Luckily for me, a passenger got to go in the plane for free during the lesson. Like I said, lucky me! I didn’t tell Rich that the last time I was in a small plane, during […]
Read more "Flying high in Wanaka"Imagine clear blue skies with a cool morning breeze passing over a huge expanse of water, with snow covered mountains reaching up into the sky and their reflection reaching down into a lake. This was our morning view. The sight of the Southern Alps mountain range, with Mount Cook soaring three thousand seven hundred and twenty four metres […]
Read more "Majestic Mount Cook"Our drive across to Lake Tekapo from Queenstown was a delight and for the first time on our trip we both uttered the word ‘wow’ as we drove up alongside Lake Ruataniwha. “We were so stunned by it that we pulled over in the car and just stood looking at it in awe.” It was […]
Read more "Glacial lakes and starry skies"After the excitement of river surfing we spent the following day resting up. My shoulders were stiff and sore and Rich’s knee had swollen up. We weren’t in the greatest of shape and accomplished little more than going to Cookie Time after breakfast for a one dollar coffee and hot chocolate, getting our washing done and […]
Read more "Queenstown"Rich and I had heard lots of great things about Queenstown from other backpackers, a place where adrenalin sports were in abundance and life was easy going. We were looking forward to our five night stay there. “We weren’t hanging around, we were ready for an adrenalin rush.” Upon arrival at our hostel we picked […]
Read more "River Surfing!!"Rich and I were really looking forward to the dramatic landscape of Fiordland. Home to fourteen stunning fiords spanning one hundred and thirty five miles of coastline, Fiordland has achieved World Heritage Status. The most accessible fiord is Milford Sound and that was where Rich and I were headed. The drive into the Fiordland National Park […]
Read more "Fun in Fiordland"Invercargill is one of the most southern cities in the world and one that we stayed in for a night on our travels along the south coast. As we drove out of the Catlins we decided to make one more attempt to see sea lions in the wild and headed to Waipapa Point on our […]
Read more "A short stop in Invercargill"Rich and I had booked a three night stay in a cosy cabin in the Catlins. With the promise of coastal walks, beautiful lakes, waterfalls and the potential to see seals and sea lions, we were really looking forward to exploring the Catlins. Our cabin was certainly cosy but it was perfect for us, our […]
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Lambs on the loose 