Mt Aspiring Hotel Wanaka

... a few nights of cleaning dishes for 8 hours straight I was over it!).  Instead I've dedicated about 60 hours a week to Mount Aspiring Hotel.  Some days I work 3 different shifts there, but mostly I'll only put in two.  I work as a waitress ...

... long enough to find out it had been reopened for awhile so all got back on the bus and off we went. Wanaka is known commonly as the headquarters of Mt Aspiring National Park. People venture to the area to camp, fish, swim, boat, water ski and of course ...

... to host a wandering vagabond like me for a few months!   As for work, I decided to return to the Mount Aspiring Hotel but this time I'm trying my skills as a receptionist.  I mainly work afternoon and night shifts which is perfect for ...

... from newspaper cuttings, photos, receipts pertaining to the pub & township that was. From there we went through Wanaka towards the Mt Aspiring National Park. It was a fabulous drive through the reserve to the end of the public road near Mt Aspiring. ...

... stateside. Wanaka has many other museums previously seen and Mt. Iron, a tremendous walk with sweeping views of the town and Mount Aspiring. The latter has a number of activities but honestly I was lazy and only walked my normal 15k per day in and around ...

... einen kleinen Berg hoch, von dem man aus einen tollen Blick über Wanaka, den See und bis zu den Gletschern rund um Mt Aspiring hat. Oben weht ein tüchtiger Wind, und dazu brennt die Sonne erbarmungslos runter. Hat trotzdem Spass gemacht und war auch ...

... ) held on 6th Feb. It was a pity as Wanaka is a really pretty place - it lies on the lake and is near to Mt. Aspiring National Park - and we would have enjoyed staying there under normal circumstances. There is great skiing here in the winter so it is a ...

... like the entire South Island is one long Hana Highway in Maui.  Finally, we stopped at dusk to take a picture of Lake Wanaka and the mountains surrounding it.  No matter how long you drive, the scenery gets more amazing around each bend.  ...

... on the ground, and at times, LOTS of snow, has taken some getting used to! Wednesday morning we headed out with loaded packs for Mt. Aspiring. Again, there was supposed to be no snow in the valley we were headed up and yet again, there was about a foot. ...

... was an absolutely spectacular sight. Once we got over gawking for about half an hour we moved on towards the Haast Pass in Mt. Aspiring National Park. Just inside the park our atlas pointed out a spot called Blue Pools so we stopped in the pouring down ...

... we will have to buy a rat trap. Otherwise a quiet night, not much traffic on the highway. Monday 18 February Omarama - Pleasant Flat, Mt Aspiring NP More rat hunting in the morning, to no avail. Talk to a fisherman we met the night before, who says he ...

... after the milford track. The routeburn trek is located at the southwest of the south island, within the fiordland and mt aspiring national parks. The track comprise some 32km of trails over a huge variety of landscapes, including temperate rainforests ...

... rings films. I arrived into Lake Wanaka and it was a nice little town and the lake was surrounded by snow capped mountains and Mt Aspiring park in the distance. The clouds hung close to the mountains giving a peak of snow capped peaks every now and ...

... other end of main street. Checked in and found the place ok. Nice sites & ok facilities, but not as good as the Aspiring in Wanaka. SquawJenny and I decided to do the &.00pm Glow-worn Tour, so we went back to the nearby hotel for tea. What a ...

... Gates of Haast are two more stopping points to admire the spectacle of rushing water in different forms. Continue on through the Mt Aspiring National Park, first along the east shore of Lake Wanaka then crossing over to travel down the west shore of Lake ...

... plane was a bit smaller than they expected! J and I did a lovely walk at Diamond Lake which gave great views over Wanaka and Mt Aspiring National Park. We headed to Queenstown after Wanaka which is also a great place. Jason did a bungey jump which we ...

... , and it's been pretty tiring.  Here's another quick update on what I've been doing.  After Mt. Aspiring National Park, I was in Wanaka and wanted to go even further south to the city of Queenstown, but everyone in this super-religious country ...