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Wanaka Slideshow
Wanaka
Travel Blogs from Wanaka, New Zealand
Optical Illusions and the life size maze
The cinema in Wanaka is usual because it's got comfy armchairs, sofas and even an open top old beetle car you can sit in while watching the movie. The film reel is changed manually which doesn't happen anymore in the regular multi-screen cinema. ...
Wanna see the most beautiful pics in the world?!
... waited for the rain. it came when I was in the hut, and not at all 80-100ml's. whatever. It was the best hut I saw in new zealand, with the best equipment, and the company was good too. I met two german couples, and these two australian mom and son. I got ...
Rubik's Magic
... before stopping for the night at Wanaka, a pretty mountain town we had passed earlier situated on the shores of Lake Wanaka. Exhausted from the previous days scenery overload we decided to try something fun, a visit to Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling ...
Have a shot at Pigeon Island
... .) Even later was Erika terug van de VVV. Nu was ik in mijn verhaal over Haast iets vergeten te vertellen. In het meer waar Wanaka aan ligt, ligt een eiland dat "Pigeon Island" genoemd wordt in mijn reisboek, maar waarvan niemand om de een of andere reden ...
A hard day in the office
... fave bit is one of the last corners - when you turn it it opens up the whole view massively - 180 degrees behind you there's Wanaka then ahead is Queenstown. Pretty awesome. And its really sociable cos everyone (all 275 of them) who works for Cardona all ...
Wanaka Backpaka- Rainy Day
... , and stayed up really late playing the communal guitar. I ate some beautifully cheap tandoori, and contemplated life on the road. Wanaka is a beautiful town - even when it is raining - and I would have no problem living here for the year-round ...
onwards!
... up and coming ski resort town, and it has a great vibe. while in town, I took a 20km mountain bike ride around Lake Wanaka and saw "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" at this great little theatre filled with couches - we even had intermission! very ...
Cardrona Calling
So! The idea of going snowboarding had been floating in our heads since arriving in Cromwell. It took until August though for some of us to acturally follow through on it. Daire, Al and Viv were definitely going to go... I decided in ...
Lake Wanaka
... from Franz, bit tired and stiff. We visited Lake Matheson, saw Mt Cook, we had lunch by the river and then got into Lake Wanaka, and stayed in a nice hotel, even had a room to ourselves! Ames and Spence headed off to SKy Dive....YEs Sky dive! Which was ...
The Skydive
... right in front of you, it’s a very different story. It had been in the back of mind to do one whilst I was in New Zealand and was partly the reason for coming back to Queenstown. Once here, I deliberated for a day before deciding to take the ...
December 31, 2007-Rock Climbing Wanaka
Kia Ora from New Zealand! On the 31st we had our day rock climbing, which ended up being a lot more than just that! We met our guides at the hostel and they led us to crag... it was in someone's pasture land. I found the routes to be pretty hard and ...
Cool Runnings!
... . We stopped for lunch at the joining of the Haast and Landsborough rivers. At Makarora we came down from the Southern Alps towards Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea before resting in Wanaka town itself. As we had been in Neil for over ten days, and it was our ...
Retour a Queenstown puis Wanaka!
... de luge en skate et admirer le paysage magnifique même si il me fais un peu trop penser à Annecy. Après quelques jours, direction Wanaka en stop ! Johan et joss sont partis quelques jours avant moi en van mais le stop marche plutôt bien ici. ...
Walking in Wanaka
Woke up early this morning and we'd decided to go to Wanaka for a hike.. there were plenty of options of different walks / trecks to do there. We were going to go to a place called puzzleing world, but decided against it.. maybe another day we'll ...
WANAKA, BEAUTIFUL SKY
We spent 3 nights in Wanaka. There wasn't a whole lot to do (besides Happy Hour) but it was nice just relaxing. One thing we did try was Puzzle World. It gave us some headaches but was pretty fun. The pictures can explain it ...
SKYDIVING!
... took 12 minutes to get to 12,000 ft and they scenery was CRAZY beautiful! For some reason God spent a lot of time on New Zealand. I can't describe the feeling when the door opened and my guy had me dangling out of the opening - I put my head ...
Lambs............. are cute
The other day Jesse and I came down from Treble Cone and pulled off onto a street where there were lots of little lambs. They had to be only a couple of weeks old and they were all hanging out under the shade of the trees. THEY WERE SOOOOO CUTE and ...
Wandering around Wanaka
We spent one night in Wanaka, the retirement capital of south island. It has a population of 4000, so we didn't see many locals, but we did see the beautiful lake surrounding the area, and the mountain region was absolutely spectacular. I wish I'd had ...
FJ to Lake Wanaka
Another awesome looking town, Wanaka was pretty cool. We got there in time for the Ultimate Woman competition - lets just say that the standards weren't great so we gave that a miss after a while. We went to the Red Rock bar for a bit, where a jug ...
Christchurch to Wanaka
... to Georgey B on the news - ie pro green and foreign policy friendly. The guy had got offered business consultancy type work in Wanaka - and I think it was the 'we knock off early every Thurs pm to go sailing on the lake which is just outside the office' ...
De Fox à Wanaka
... il faut un guide et bien équiper pour aller dessus. Maintenant c’est parti pour quelques heures de route pour arriver à wanaka avec ces paysages de printemps magnifique reflétant sur les lacs ! Pour la peine ont c’est offert le luxe ...
Back to Wanaka to chill
After the trek we went back to Wanaka to chill. I used the time to upload pictures, watch movies and meet some old friends from the ...
The Glacier
... of it’s color there is a reflection of the surroundings. The poster of Lake Matheson shows the biggest mountain in New Zealand, Mt. Cook, reflected in the lake. Me, being the amateur photographer that I strive to be, desperately wanted ...
Syd mark II
... Lake Wanaka, a one hour drive away across the historic Crown Range. Set on the southern shores of New Zealand 's fourth largest lake, Lake Wanaka is in a spectacular setting, surrounded by the mountains of the Southern Alps and gateway to Mount Aspiring ...
Exciting News
OUR BLOG This is our last day in Wanaka with the Clarke family, except next Saturday when we return Clare to Byron after our week away in the campervan, exploring The Southern Scenic Route. That Saturday will definitely be our last day until we visit ...
wanaka suite et fin!
Ca y es me voilà parti avec Johan après être resté 2 semaines a Wanaka a ce tourner les pouces! Avec beaucoup de skate de bolaz et plein de bonne rencontre de tous les pays aussi et certaines personnes nous ont bien aidé à parler anglais et nous ...
Wanaka continues to produce
Things are going real well. I'm tired all the time, never at 100% energy because the snowboarding is extremely tiring and waking up early a lot... partying may also have something to do with it as well! The winter here is ridiculous, it has almost ...
Lake Wanaka
12th April 2007 - Wanaka, New Zealand We left Queenstown this morning and travelled up Route 6 theough the Pisa Mountain eange to Wanaka, on the edge of the large Lake Wanaka. It is a small, modern tourist town again aimed at people who ...
Wanaka
... needed rest! Our third day, we visited Puzzle World, We got to see some really cool illusions and also a 2 hour maze that felt like it would never end! Wanaka felt like a small Queenstown, a bit less touristy and a little bit cheaper! Up next Queenstown! ...