New Zealand
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Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 | Views [1042] | Comments [1]
Before
leaving Marakopa, we decided to have another game of tennis, since it’d been so
much fun the previous evening. And again
we enjoyed patting the ball back & forwards, although there wasn’t as much
running about this time. ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, fishing, roadtrips
Monday, 10 Nov 2008 | Views [1227]
Our trip
began with Rachel having a head start of a few hours on me. I hoped to catch her before she got too far
though! She had made a bee-line for the
dentist while I finished packing the car (her mum’s 4x4 actually). Fate had thrown ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, fishing, roadtrips
Saturday, 17 May 2008 | Views [614]
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 >
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | Views [793]
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
Monday, 12 May 2008 | Views [820]
Our
adventure continued on to an appointment the following day with a brewery; the
original Monteiths brewery in Greymouth, no less :)
I was
suffering from a cold so wasn’t really as excited as I should’ve been about the
brewery, ... Read more >
Tags: brewery, forests
Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [756]
What better
way to get your day started than hiking & climbing up a glacier? We had two to choose between even! What luxury!
We decided to drive a little further north before indulging in such
wonders and tackle Franz Joseph Glacier.... Read more >
Tags: adventures, moutains
Saturday, 3 May 2008 | Views [770]
As we drew towards Dunedin, it seemed like the weather gods were playing a cruel trick on us. We thought we had left the snow behind at Mt Cook that afternoon, but no, it was back, all over the road! This was Rachel’s first time driving in snow and ... Read more >
Tags: family, forests, mountains
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Views [926]
After a beautiful couple of days in Hanmer Springs,
we aimed south again and were off. It
was surprising to see the landscapes that we had driven through in darkness to
reach Hanmer Springs, now revealed to us by day – gorges, rivers, plains ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Sunday, 27 Apr 2008 | Views [688]
At last we were on the ferry, bound for new and
exciting lands – New Zealand’s
South Island to be precise. It wasn’t long before Rachel got her first
glimpse of the Mainland – a rough, magical looking coastline with lush,
tree-covered slopes.... Read more >
Tags: forests, hot springs
Friday, 25 Apr 2008 | Views [793]
Our adventure began at the crack of dawn on
Anzac day, although there was no gunfire following our footsteps, as those of
our true ANZAC forebears. Our challenge
was relatively simple; load the car with whatever we might need for the trip, in
less ... Read more >
Tags: festivals, museums, roadtrips
Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [1236]
After 3 summers in Raglan, I finally got around to attacking Mt Karioi. I had spend a lot of time looking at the mountain, from the beach, from the surf club, from the road into Raglan. I could almost picture myself standing on the summit amidst the ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Sunday, 13 Apr 2008 | Views [780]
At the start of this summer i got myself a new surfboard. Not exactly brand new, but as soon as i laid eyes on it i liked it :) It was 9'1" with a beautiful round nose and white fins arching down below the tail.
It took me a few times to get ... Read more >
Tags: surfing
Tuesday, 27 Mar 2007 | Views [2142] | Comments [1]
So its been a pretty up & down summer for me at home... When i got back from my travels in India & Nepal I was struck down by some nasty disease which played havoc with my stomach. After a few visits to the doc, they figured out it was a tough ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
