Mt. Hutt Bunkhouse Methven

8 Lampard St Methven, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

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The Real New Zealand Experience

A travel blog entry by billoco

... I'm able to properly practice snowboarding, or try skiing, I'll definately stick at it, but to have tried it at least is enough for me for now.

The next day was spent doing one thing i had most been looking forward to since planning this trip... going to the location of Edoras, the capital city of the Rohirrim from Lord of the Rings. Now Rohan is my favourite culture from Middle-Earth, Eowyn one of my favourite characters of all time (not just from LOTR) and so ...

Grumpy Possums

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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Te Arai Te Uru set sail from Tauranga in Te Ika a Maui (North Island) on a trading trip. Along the Canterbury coast the Waka (a war canoe) became water logged.

At the Waitaki river mouth a number of crew were thrown overboard to lighten the load.


When the Waka hit Waianakarua they threw off the te kai hinaki (food baskets) which then became the Moeraki boulders. The Waka finally ran onto land at Te ...

To Narnia and beyond...

A travel blog entry by connormurphy

... castle hill/ flock hill which is one of the more famous hollywood places in nz. movies like the chronicles of narnia (the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe), jurassic park: lost world, king kong, lotr and coming soon, the hobbit, have all been filmed here. unfortunately the weather was cold, cloudy, rainy, and windy, but I think it was an ideal backdrop for the mysterious giant eroded limestone rocks and plants. we tramped around there for ...

Taking Our Time in Sleepy Mount Somers

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... running through a wide valley. As we freewheeled down into Rakaia Gorge we knew that the free fall meant only one thing, a tough climb out.

It was 2 miles before we levelled off, by no means the longest climb we have done (remember China and the 20 miles uphill) but it was certainly one of the steepest. We struggled with every revolution of the pedals, I hope there are not too many more like that.

After the lung busting climb, ...

Day 2: Monday White Water Rafting

A travel blog entry by joshnelson

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... cause I had no clue what these rapids could really do, but gave us comfort to know we could get through those with little work. The order of the grades went from
1,1,2,3,5,5.

By the time we got to the grade 5 rapids I felt like I could tackle anything, what I didn’t know is the short grade 5 would get the best of our raft. This 50 meter patch got us about half way through and as you can see, I had no option in where ...

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