Aoraki Lodge Twizel

... Christchurch. We had a medium size drive today, which was uneventful apart from having to stop fairly regularly to stretch some aching muscles. The weather today has been pretty miserable with low cloud and rain for most of the day. So once we checked in at our new place we chilled out in the room waiting for the rain to stop and while we waited we did some washing and planned out our route and where we're going to stay for the next few days. The weather ...

... br>Anyhow I had to keep moving if I wanted to get into Omarama.
I sunk in behind a car and we drove sort of together for a while before a cop pulled out in front of us both, then a while down the road, it pulled over and let us 2 pass, then pulled back out, following us, which obviously made the driver in front nervous so he slowed down to 100km/hr which slowed our travel rate up as we were making good time before the cop had shown up.
I decided I wanted to ...

... get it?!) We also went back to Castlehill (again!) for more bouldering in the snow and managed some sledging on the bouldering mat! Before long it was time to say bye to Mum and Dad and they were off home again but we spent another couple of nights with the girls in their Escape van camping at Kaikoura beach where we had some good beach campfires and lovely sunsets and sunrises. They then headed off for some kayaking and made a ferry booking and went off towards the North!

... kaikki kaupat ja raflat on yhessä rivissä snadin pääkadun varrella. Nähtävyydet: vanha kirkko ja koirapatsas. Mut maisemat kyllä kohdallaan. Tutustukaa jos jäi epäselvää: www.laketekapountouched.co.nz Iltahan on jo saapunut ja väännettiin äsken perus jauheliha kastike ja nyt istutaan hostellilla ja tuijotellaan järvelle. Reunoilla lumihuippuset vuoret, vesi sinisempää ku sininen ite ja just kävi respan täti laittamas tulen takkaan. Kelpaa!

... worthwhile to go anywhere else. So I set up camp for the night (where there were other campervans too) and had a great sleep. It was pretty warm so I didn't have to layer, and when I woke up around 3am, the stars were amazing! There aren't any lights out there since it's by the highway so I got such a clear view. YAY! The next day I headed to Mount Cook, the highest mountain in NZ. Honestly, I wasn't that impressed. After seeing mountains in B.C and other areas ...

09.09.2009 Wir fahren um 9.00 Uhr los nach Mount Cook Village. Es geht am tuerkisen Pukai See vorbei und auf schneebedeckte Berge zu. Mount Cook ist der hoechste Berg in Neuseeland mit 3754 Metern Hoehe. Es ist verdammt kalt heute, aber immerhin regnet oder schneit es nicht ;) Von Mount Cook Village hat man einen guten Blick auf den Berg und auch die Umgebung und nach vielen Fotos fahren wir wieder die Strecke zurueck und fahren den Lake Tekapo Flughafen an. Und um 13.00 ...

... delay. Did not see any penguins though... The Moeraki Boulders looked wholly unimpressive from a distance as we approached for about 300m along the beach from the northern car park. However, from close-up, they definitely gain in stature. Some of the boulders have seemingly "burst" open and their core looks like square, amber-coloured compartments. Apparently, the form in a very ...

... the dated remote wing that we boys were put in due to the rest of the lodge being full. It was the most basic accommodation of the trip, with dodgy locks, meagre toilets and showers and not even a power point in the whole building for me to plug my shaver into. After seeing the rooms the girls got, ‘Ohau’ would they have survived in ours I wonder.

Tonight saw the National Rugby League Grand Final being played in Sydney, and it ...