Furneaux Lodge Resort Picton
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Rural Bag 381, Marlborough Sounds Picton, South Island, New Zealand, +64-3-579-8259
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Hey everybody, we're back from our 2-day stint out on the Queen Charlotte Track. On our way from Kaikoura to Picton on Monday we detaoured via Havelock for a greenlip mussel lunch - Havelock prides itself on being 'the greenshell capital of the world' and they didn't diappoint either. We then took a scenic drive to Picton giving fabulous views of the Marlborough Sounds, in glorious sunshine. We couldn't resist a mini-golf rematch, a much better 'course' with Siwan taking the honours this time...
Picton, South Island, New Zealand howiegt
This is now Valentine's Day and we are on the TranzAlpine train from Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island east coast through Arthur's Pass to Greymouth on the west coast and then return. Advertised as one of the great train journeys of the world and despite the rain on parts of the journey, it is spectacular. We had a great ferry ride to Picton and the scenery was beautiful arriving into Picton to see the picturesque harbour in the late afternoon sun. We stayed at the Yacht Club hotel a...
Christchurch, New Zealand lizdavid
Got to Picton at around 6 pm, picked up our new car and drove to our little cabin in the local Holiday Park after a bit of food shopping. The following morning we took a boat into the Queen Charlotte Sound and were dropped at Ship Cove, from where we started walking towards Furneaux Lodge. It was a beautiful day, with a bit of high cloud, which gave the sea a steely-blue colour. Unfortunately, most of the walk was in the shade of the rainforest. I'm not complaining: it was beautiful rainfores...
Picton, New Zealand montsum
Tues 27 Jan - Malborough Sounds Day 2 (Endeavour Bay to Punga Cove) Up at 8am to have bag outside door ready for collection for boat and next destination. Had a tea and wandered around the Lodge with the sun starting to come over the mountain - well it would be doing if the clouds weren't in the way. Left around 9am and took a walk up to a waterfall behind the lodge. Again starting up hill! Don't know how long the roots of the trees are going to survive with people treading on them all the ti...
Picton, South Island, New Zealand plainy
I woke up nice and early, and took advantage of the free breakfast that was on offer at The Villa. The cereals and toast set me up for the day, which was important since I only had 4 Moro bars to last until I reached the first hostel. At 8.20am I walked down to The Cougar Line's office and checked in with them, and left my main backpack in their (hopefully) responsible hands. A quick coffee in a local cafe followed, and then it was time to hop on the boat, or 'water taxi' as it is also known....
Queen Charlotte Track, New Zealand richTravel Blogs Nearby
... blue lake with a backdrop of mountains. The true brilliance of the blue colour is due to the rock content of the water. Similarly, Lake Pukaki was formed as a result of the retreating glacier gouging out the ground thousands of years ago. This also left tiny silt-like particles which are suspended the water and give it a milkiness which then refracts the sunlight to give a vivid blue colour as you can see in the photo. On ...
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand mikeandpaula_09
... row of this Candaian guys comedy magic show, which was quite funny. went to Arts museum, had a Corvettes show outside. did a bit of research in library about CC and NZ. walked back to catherdral square to watch a few bands of Bag pipe players. Had a look in the church, sat down to listen to a boys choir. watched a film in TV lounge in the evening. Spoke with Jay via Skype- Brilliant invention! you'll have to get on it soon.
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand vicosuk
... for life. i think u all get my general message that swimming with dolphins in the wild is great and u should do it if u ever get the chance. other than that we pretty much just ate all that day, we got to the cafe at about 10 and just filled the table with plates of food. entertaining dolphins is pretty hungry work! next day i headed back to christchruch and met up with claire bear again and some other guys from the kiwi bus. was our last night together so we all went out ...
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand smiley_kab
... of old. Many ardent supporters where mumbling beside us, particularly as the Hurricanes won! We left Christchurch, and so too New Zealand, at a very ungodly hour! New Zealand has been an incredible experience (incredibly expensive too!). We both thought a month would be ample time, but now realise we have only scratched the surface. What we have seen has been extraordinarily beautiful though the weather ended up less than ideal. In the perfect world, New ...
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand kirstyandmike
... scale road works. We visited the tea rooms which included; me being thrown by a build your own breakfast menu, a ice cream each and a conversation that included the owner suggesting I become a ski bunny (as with many jobs I don't think I have the correct experience or clothes). We then had a afternoon snooze under a bridge, not because the man at 'National park' had recommended it but because it was shady and the river ,as most rivers are in this area, was almost dry. We ...
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand theroad2Search Picton Hotels |
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