Kawhaka Lodge Hokitika
Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand
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North Island
Hello to all! We have had a great time so far in the North Island although it's been very short. The main thing we did was drive to Tongariro area and hike the Tongariro Crossing...what a hike. It is one of New Zealand's Great Walks and apparently one of the most impressive ones in the country...and it is. It was so different to hike volcanos... …
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The Poo Pub
... New Zealand (bloody legend), and then had a few hours to settle in to our rooms. So we went to the lakeside. The nearby Lake Mahinapua had some glorious views, cold water, and some submerged foliage a bit too near to the surface, so I soaked up some sun and watched the others jump, flip, and dive into the lake. As the sun ducked behind the trees, the temperature took a plunge, so we returned, and were treated to one of the best meals I'd had in ages. We'd ...
Blick nach Down Under
... r im etwa 60 Kilometer entfernten Reefton, einem 1000 Einwohner starken Kaff, in dem 1888 zuerst in Neuseeland der Strom eingeführt und elektrsiche Straßenlampen gebrannt haben. Die Bergwerkstadt hat ihre besten Zeiten hinter sich, im „The Broadways“, dem ältesten Café am Platz, stoppen nur Touris auf dem Weg nach Westen und essen ihren Wild Pork Pie und Mince and Cheese Pie, wie wir. Eine Art Weihnachtsfeier findet dort auch statt, eine junge Frau trägt zwei ...
Flying debris breaks Ripper's!
When we awoke, the day was quite grey and so we packed up our stuff and started to head towards the glaciers.
The roads were crazy wiggly and the going was slow, the views were spectacular though and so even though it was a hard drive it was made easier by this.
Just before we arrived at Fox Glacier disaster struck...out of nowhere a rod of steel or a rock shot up from the road. ...
One biiiig Chunk of Ice!!!!
... beachside caravan park and took a walk along the beach, in search of jade and gold!!! A beautiful beach in its own right, lots of lumps of driftwood scattered along the beach, black sand and very untouched, not beautiful in the obvious sense but still, it was. So today, you really do get that sense, if you actually step back and take a look at what you saw, that the scenery is just as "dramatic"as they say it is. We started the day in ...


