Traveler PhotosState Highway 6 South Island
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The South Island -The end of brilliant New Zealand
... Well, it was interesting, as we were certainly (by the look of the glances we received) labelled as druggies along most of state highway 1! Old people looked in disgust, whilst on the other side, young people seemed to hold us in very high regard!! If ...
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And All Because The Lady Loves Mount Hutt
... by strong winds but as we reached the peninsula we were sheltered by volcanic outcrops that were dissected by a mountainous winding State Highway 75. We passed turn-offs to numerous little bays including Magnet Bay, Pigeon Bay and a curvy-yet-handsome, ...
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A Mountain Biker and a Gentleman
... After dropping the bikes off in Picton we drove the full length of the Queen Charlotte Drive to Havelock where we picked up State Highway 6 for another 75km shimmy around the Bryant Range and into the town of Nelson. It was getting dark so we shot ...
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Unchained Medley
... younger-looking. Is Anita Roddick aware of cow dung's rejuvenative powers? 3/8 We left Fairlie early and headed along State Highway 8, through Burke's Pass dividing the Tom Thumb mountain range, and into the town of Lake Tekapo which sits ...
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Answering the Call of my Bluff
... oh, red wine talking again. We finally got under way and were accompanied by sheet rain for the whole journey south-west along State Highway 1, but a ray of sunshine greeted us as we hit the 'Presidential Highway' between the towns of Clinton and ...
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A Lovely Pass From Arthur
27/08/04 Leaving Hokitika early, our plan was to drive east along State Highway 73, through Arthur's Pass National Park dissecting the Southern Alps and on to Christchurch. Once in Christchurch we were to board the TranzAlpine train the following day ...
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The next place that took our fancy to stop ...
... scientific reasons for them being so round (too scientific for me to explain). On our way here we were diverted off the state highway as it was closed. Thankfully we were a bit closer to civilisation so on this occassion there was another route we ...
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Climbing on a Glacier...
The day was spent driving southwards on State Highway 6 which hugs the west coast for the most part with great views of the Tasman Sea. We passed through the towns of Greymouth and Hokitika and onward to the town of Franz Josef where we spent the night. ...
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A long, long road to whales and dolphins
... of the cafe! Check out the pic - it really does look like we were there (minus the walk)! We continued north along State Highway 1 towards Kaikoura. The road is really quite a boring one for New Zealand standards, it's very flat with a distinct lack ...
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Doing the Fox-Trot
... a while there trying to capture some snaps to do it all justice, as ever, and peeled off further South. Further down the West Coast are two of New Zealand’s most famous glaciers; Franz Josef and Fox. We had intended to do a guided walk on Franz, ...
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