Parklands Motor Lodge Timaru

... glacier a dirty appearance. We head back down from the lake and I could probably have done with a sandwich and am a little shaky by the time we arrive back, eating way too quickly and having a beer to boot. The next walk is a drive away and whilst i am almost asleep, Kim is off again. This is a short walk of around 40 mins to the head of the largest Glacier in NZ and it is much the same except that the scenery is vast. The valley carved by this glacier stretches some 85km from its current ...

... all of them to join me on the highly recommended Mueller's Hut track (I was even called a living i-Site) and the first thing in the next morning we went to the visitor center and booked places in the hut. We had lunch at the lodge and in the afternoon we started going up the Mueller's Hut mountain - almost at a hight of 2000m (the village is at 800m). The climb up was very steep. In some parts we even had to climb with our hands which wasn't easy at all with the ...

Got to Mt. Cook today after driving through Twizel, and past the beautiful Lake Pukaki. The weather wasn't great, but I did get a good hike done. My pants were dripping afterwards; in fact, they were doing a good job at sticking to my legs :) Apparently, there really is a Mt. Cook, though with the cloud cover it was hard to tell.

... maybe im just not used by the cold weather because i was born in a tropical country....i and my friends went to the city.. .we just stroll around and later on we decided to eat...just like any other country that i visit we ate in Mc Donalds... and there we find another Filipina, shes the manager on that establishment...we just talk for a while and we continue strolling on the city ...

... we walk through rolling grassland. However as we head up into the valley things get a bit steeper and a lot rockier. We then have to walk across a "swing"(cable and plank) bridge high across the river. Now I freely admit that I do not like heights but, unusually, I was unaffected by vertigo probably because I was convinced that I was about to be blown off the bridge by the high winds! On our first attempt to cross the bridge we ...

... me, and definitely a case of saving the best until last. Our last night here on this trip was spent with yet another great feast, lots of beers, and a roaring fire (of course) and a slight feeling of regret that it all ends tomorrow. This trip really did go by far too quickly. Shameless plug time: If you like the great outdoors, and like staying in unusual locations, then it´s hard to beat the Rimu trip Active NZ run. Absolutely superb.

... workout we left Dunedin and headed north towards Oamaru in search of a place to squat camp for the night. Along the way we pulled over into the little fishing village of Moeraki to see the famous Moeraki Boulders. They are giant rocks that are almost completely round, with the appearance of a turtle shell design. According to their history, the scientific explanation describes the boulders as septarian concretions - a rare phenomenon ...

... just stuck around the hostel chatting to an English guy about our work. Then we went to rent 6 dvds to watch in the TV room because we don't have anything better to do in Timaru. OK probably there would be some outdoor stuff to muck around with, but it's wet and chilly and we're lazy bums. Lyla is leaving on Friday morning and she will probably bring some of my Greenpeace gear back to Auckland. She will ...

... up on a little platform with no landles to help yo steady yourself and work with the motion of the train. No - I take that back. The worst was the toilet on Station 5 of Mt. Fuji the same situation but ... my thighs are seraming from the trip up and then down the mountain. Paper towels are not widely used in Japan. Almost everyone carries a small personal towel or handkerchief. It is considered impolite to ...

... home of one of the most well known racing horses of all times. Phar Lap, is no exception in Timaru. For the golfers there also is no lack of golf clubs in the country. There were plans to point them out as one went along but there is so many they would be mentioned them every turn it seems. One will see the signs. Now about Timaru. A friendly place to stop. Turn left to Caroline Bay at Te ...