Sefton Hotel

... ground for Edmund Hillary.  Mount Cook at 12, 316 ft is NZ's highest mountain. And this range includes  Tasman and Mount Sefton as well as some major glaciers.   This is also the home of the Sir Edmund Hillary Centre which we passed up ...

This is going to be the hardest blog I have yet to write because so much has happened since I last ...

... photos, plus excellent views of the valley, our van in the camping area, the village, Mt Cook and Mt Sefton. Encounter a generally friendly bunch on the mountain, including a 60ish Dutch immigrant who has been dragged up the mountain by his ...

... .  After an hour or so we reached the Kea Point which had a viewing platform and information identifying views of Mount Sefton, The Hooker Valley, Mueller Glacier and Mount Cook.  We seemed so close to Mount Cook which we could only see at ...

... we could see part of Mt Cook under the cloud. After breakfast, the sun had come out. We saw Mt Sefton very clearly. We took some pictures outside the hotel and drove to the Hooker valley to do the Hooker Valley hike. This is the most popular hike in the ...

... walk but a little dissappointed about the view onbly to be woken up by glorious sunshine and spectacular views of Mt Cook and Mt Sefton. We spent the morning climbing the peak just behind the hut called Mt Ollivier. This was the first peak ever climbed by ...

... also in some adjoining urban areas of Merseyside. This is particularly strong within areas of neighbouring boroughs of south Sefton and Knowsley. When we arrived at the hotel, the tenant, a lady in her late 60's welcomed us, quite warmly, errr I think... ...

... off the plane a lady was there to tell us that if we ran we could make the flight... just! So we ran and my god am I glad for my sunday running around Sefton Park!!! We got to the gate and guess what they hadnt evn started boarding.., never mind were ...

... us so it's been like a tradition that we always go to this place for yumcha.   Then later I visited my relatives in Sefton and it's a special day because we're gonna celebrate Junlie's birthday. Arriving at their place, I played and talked with the ...

... . I set off into the snow trying to get to a view point called Kea Point which overlooks the glaciers at the foot of Mount Sefton. Walking in snowshoes after such a large snowfall was great fun especially when there was no-one else around; it was quite ...

... chipped out to the DoC camp down the road. The camp itself was even closer to the mountains and right underneath the huge Mount Sefton, which was bearing down on us with its snowy peaks. We were so happy to have finally got to see the Southern Alps and ...

... into the hostel. I got chatting to a girl from Switzerland and we did a short walk to Kea Point with great views of Mount Sefton and the glaciers. Unfortunately there was too much cloud to see Mount Cook. We then headed back to the village and I went ...