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Methven Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Methven, New Zealand
Tramping up Pudding Hill
This is a top pick! Thanks to our great planning we spent our second day in the van driving back into Christchurch so that we could pick up some food! That done we headed in the direction of Mt Cook. The beauty of NZ for driving compared to Australia is that everything is ...
A Balloon for Breakfast
This is a top pick! ... seen me miss out on many activities and adventures - including getting out and in to the heart of the incredible nature which New Zealand is so renowned for. The decision to drive to Methven was based on a recommendation of an excellent tramping area by ...
Methven - Blown Out
This is a top pick! ... short siesta before we ventured out to eat and watch the first semi-final of the Rugby World Cup (Australia v New Zealand). There are in fact only two pubs in Methven, imaginatively named 'The Blue Pub' (which is blue) and 'The Brown Pub' (which, as I ...
Taking Our Time in Sleepy Mount Somers
This is a top pick! The wide open spaces of the South Island are mind blowing. We cycled for about 30 miles today without coming across a shop. In that time we passed only a few houses and once again there was very little on the road, despite it being an inland main ...
Living The Cyclists Dream Down Under
This is a top pick! ... days cycling I can remember. Finally back in the saddle, we started our Kiwi adventure with a day made in heaven. The New Zealand great outdoors immediately won us over, this is one seriously beautiful country. It was not a textbook cycle touring start ...
Ski country
This is a top pick! As we left Christchurch early in the morning the clouds lifted and we were greeted with glorious sunshine. Our route had us heading down the east coast to try and get the best weather and as we hit the coast we were surprised by the sight of huge ...
More Skiing at Mount Hutt
... they had the best snow of all the mountains in the South Island. I didn't take too many photos here, the town of Methven was very strange, a large farming community surrounded the area which gave the town a eerie edge.... Skiing was good WHEN they ...
Road to Erewhon
Today was a special treat. Hilary took up out to the O Tu Whanaki basin. A beautiful high country area surrounded by mountains. The Maori used to call it the big food basket when they came up from the coast to hunt and fish there. With multiple ...
NZ Snow
Hi all, bit late uploading this - just been to NZ snowboarding for a week. Had an amazing time - we both loved it over there. Love to all J & J ...
Drunk In Snow
... away from Christchurch in the middle of the Cantebury Plains, and at the foot of the Southern Alps... The only really flat part of New Zealand, well apart from Mt Hutt it is anyway!!! There is really only one reason people come to Methven, and its not for ...
Springtime Skiing
The drive up to Methven where we were staying was wonderfully scenic passing the Raikaka Gorge with the bluest ice melted water you've ever seen. Unfortunately the first day we were supposed to ski was cancelled due to the strongest gale force winds ...
BBQ
Well here are the photo's from the bbq! Thank you all for coming , hope everyone had a fab time. We really enjoyed it and the weather stayed nice!! It seems we weren't the only ones having fun last night, we appear to have a drunken pup this ...
Methven, New Zealand
All three travellers were extremely excited about their next escapade. They were driving to Methven, near Mount Hutt, to go skiing for three days. On the first morning, after hiring boots, skies and acquiring ski passes, they were informed that the ...
Driving on through central South Island
... ; We're going to try and see more of them in the North Island. After leaving Edoras we headed on through Mount Hutt and reached Methven about 4pm. Methven is quite big for a small town and has lots of pubs, shops and restaurants. We ...
Mental Methven
... . At the hostel we chose the lady was adamant that we needed a BBH card each in order to get discounted bed rates around New Zealand. We decided she was right so we bought them. The good thing about the Methven off season was that we had a ...
An Amazing Place
... table set for our evening meal. We were shown to our rooms which had been organised up in the newly built roof. The smell of new wood was wonderful and the view from the windows was of Mt. Somers. We had a superb evening, starting with some BBQ food and ...
Snowbaording Dudettes
Snowbarding has been organised now for a couple of weeks and at the start of the week we had what we'd been hoping for- a good covering of snow. Most of Christchurch had snow on the ground and most schools were closed, just 1 hr south of here had the ...
Back to methven
Decided to go back inland today to where james was skiing to do a walk along the gorge. this turned out to be a great decision and the walk was well worth ...
Leaving the devastation behind
... over the mountains and river. We sat by the river for a while and thought it was nice to get a glimpse of New Zealand's beautiful countryside, especially today as the weather was absolutely gorgeous. At this point we remembered why we came to New Zealand ...
Rakaia Gorge
It was toasty warm today, well hot!! Trip to Rakaia Gorge. We ventured out in the car and once out of the grid system of the city it was one long straight road. Amazing how little traffic there was once you're out of the city. Easy driving, well ...
Wilderness Prepration
About Distance 89km Average speed 17.2km/hr (Hannah cycle computer). After a couple of stops at bike shops, who were varying levels of helpful, we sped out of town. Our bikes bulged with food, water and excess stuff as we believed we were ...
Mt Hutt
We visited the ski field at Mount Hutt in the Southern Alps. The snow was awesome as was the ...
Rakaia Gorge Jet Boat Tour
Um rechzeitig zu meiner gebuchten Jet Boat Tour in der "Rakaia Gorge" zu sein, habe ich "Christchurch" bereits um 7 Uhr in der Früh verlassen. Der noch leicht bewölkte Himmel klarte während der gut eineinhalbstündigen Fahrt zunehmend auf, sodass ich ...
Arthurs Pass
... on. The views were fabulous and words cannot describe the scenery, or they probably could if only I had a better vocabulary. In New Zealand they only have one word to describe anything……awesome. Helen and Tony set each other a challenge when ...
Friends, Family and Food
... outside of) and as you can probably see by all the map pins we've been quite busy in the last few weeks! We are now in Methven in New Zealand but we'll get to that soon enough... Our last few days in Nepal were spent in the same place as our first few ...
AY CARAMBA!!
16.07.07 Unser Experiental Travel hat den Hoehepunkt erreicht. Wir mit den Simpsons auf der Titelseite der "New Zealand Press" (auflagenstaerkste Zeitung Neuseelands; NZ Newspaper of The Year 2006/2007) 14.07.07 Wir sind einen Tag vor dem grossen ...
A reason for visiting NZ in the winter!
... in the hole (esp. me who had to fish mine out of the pond on the course much to Tom's amusement!). After lunch we headed onto Methven, as we had decided that we couldn't come to NZ in winter and not at least have a go at skiing. Yesterday we headed up ...
Mount Cook
Lucky again this morning, awoke to sun and blue sky with wonderful views over the mountains. After breakfast we drove down to Mount Cook centre. We had decided to do the four hour Hooker Valley Walk, a must do here. This turned out to be a great walk, ...
