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End of audsieland and beginning of Kiwiland!!!!
... ll call him JB (although in real life we called him BJ) ;-)). We absolutely loooved the view!! It was simply breathtaking. We saw the actual Mount Doom, the mountain from the movie Lord of the Rings where Frodo had to throw the ring in the lava. Didn't really recognize it though, they obviously did a lot of changing with the computer! Haha. Of course nikky and i were saying quotes from the movie, like: "A red sun has risen, blood has been spilled last night" and singing "the're ...
Whanganui River Rats - posted by leader Holly
Whanganui River Rats
Posted on
February 7, 2012 by admin
Many a philosopher or leader has noted the personal growth and collective
unity that is born out of hardship or struggle. In our 124km canoe trip
down the Whanganui River, there were plenty of small testimonies to this
truth.
A flipped canoe - rowers plunged into cold water, dampened spirits, ...
Abel Tasman Coast Track: Tag 2
... passieren musste. Also Schuhe aus und ab durchs kalte Wasser. Auf der anderen Seite Schuhe wieder an. Doch genau dann als ich meine Schuhe wieder zugeschnürt hatte, kamen mir die ersten entgegen. „Stefan, du kannst deine Schuhe gleich wieder ausziehen. Auf dieser Seite sind zu große Steine um den Weg zu passieren.“
„Doch nochmal Schuhe ausziehen? Nein!“
Anlauf und ab durch die Mitte durchs ...
New Zealand Road Trip (Part 2)
... full of golden sand deserted bays. But with a day of torrential rain forecast we realised that would be no fun in the rain and so we stopped off in the town of Nelson, where the shops and cinema kept us amused for the day (as well as an odd museum combining fashion (or 'wearable art' as they call it) and classic cars). Needless to say we both enjoyed different parts of the museum! We also sunk to our lowest form of ...
From Windy Welly to the Sunny South
... this with weather like this. We cruised into Picton and considered staying at the local top10, but instead opted to head out of town a little and along the beautiful Queen Charlotte Drive road to Smith's Farm Holiday Park. A nice little setting but being near animals, a lot of bugs, but we were planning on heading to Abel Tasman National Park in the next day or two as the weather was forecasted to be good and we thought we'd make the most of it up there, before heading back to Picton ...


