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Tag Archives: south island
Queenstown Letdown and Discovering Mount Cook
From Wanaka, I made my way down to Queenstown, Tourist Central and Home of Adventure Sports such as skiing, boating, sky-diving, and a really big swing. Before I got there, I took a brief detour to Arrowtown, a small village … Continue reading
Posted in new zealand, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure sports, amisfield, aoraki, arrowtown, arwen, avalanche, burger, chenin blanc, fergburger, film location, glacier, lord of the rings, lotr, mount cook, mountain, new zealand, queenstown, river, sky diving, south island, tourist, trek, wine, wine tasting
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Wet on the West Coast
What’s the first thing that springs to mind when I say West Coast? Ok, probably California. But, unlike that warm, sunny, American expanse, the West Coast in New Zealand is generally referring to the section on the South Island along … Continue reading
Posted in new zealand, Uncategorized
Tagged aoraki, fish and chips, fox glacier, franz josef, glacier, haast, hiking, hokitika, lake mathieson, mt cook, mt tasman, new zealand, rain, rainbow, south island, the craypot, walk, weather, West Coast, wet
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South Island Road Trip: Part 1
There was a lot of driving done on South Island, and I’d say half of it was because, “Well, I have time, so I’m going to take this several hour long side trek to see whatever’s there.” I zig-zagged back … Continue reading
Posted in new zealand, Uncategorized
Tagged beach, cape foulwind, colony, drive, iphone, lake, lake rotoiti, lake rotoroa, new zealand, pictures, road trip, sand flies, seal, south island, st arnaud, sunset, walk, West Coast, wildlife
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Farewell Spit
No, it’s not the name of some strange leaving ritual (though now that you mention it…) – it’s the stretch of land right at the tippy top of the South Island. Weather was inclement, but I wasn’t going to let … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, beach, cove, depression, elements, farewell spit, life, living, nature, new zealand, pilot whale, sand, seal, skeleton, south island, struggle, whale, wharariki beach
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Exploring Abel Tasman
On what turned out to be the last day of good weather for quite some time, I did my first proper tramp – a chunk of the Abel Tasman Track; from Torrent Bay back down to Sandy Bay I drove … Continue reading
Posted in new zealand, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged abel tasman, beach, cleopatra's pool, golden sand, new zealand, pool, queen charlotte sound, sand, sandy bay, south island, tasman bay, torrent bay, tramp, trek, walk
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Southward, ho!
I was catching the 8am ferry from Wellington to Picton via the Cooke Straight, so I drove into the outskirts of Wellington around 6.30am. There are two companies that make the crossing, InterIslander and BlueBridge. I opted for BlueBridge as … Continue reading
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Tagged blenheim, camp, cooke strait, explore, ferry, garden, marlborough, nelson, new zealand, picton, pinot noir, queen charlotte, solo female travel, sound, south island, track, wine
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