Well, I learnt in the deep south of NZ that fate works in mysterious ways. We were cursing the fact that we couldn’t get on the “bottom bus” tour with its extra stops and had to get on an ordinary shuttle bus to Te Anau. We managed to sweet talk the driver into making one […]
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So, felt I had to do a bungy jump while being in the birthplace of it. Was absolutely terrified jumping off a 43m high bridge, and continued to be terrified the whole way through the experience, but was really pleased that i had done it! No rush to repeat it. Some others here have done […]
Well, I have now made my way down the west side of the South island, along the mountain range. First stop was Nelson in a beautiful town by the Abel Tasman National park. Got a water taxi into the park and went for a walk-beautiful scenery, got to a secluded beach and sunbathed for a […]
So this week’s activities have mainly involved water! First, black water rafting in Waitomo-which was excellent!! Abseiled down into a deep dark cave, couldn’t see the bottom and freaked out a bit, but did it in the end! Then crawled along the cave a bit until we got hooked up to a zip line and […]
Have had a hectic week! Started by going up to the Bay of Islands, and with perfect timing was actually in Whitangi for Whitangi day (national holiday marking a treaty signed by Maoris and European settlers), so saw some of the celebrations with tribal canoe races. Took a bus trip up ninety mile beach, which […]
I spent January in Oz, staying with relatives. Went on a “surf camp” up to seals rocks, a couple of hours north of Sydney. I had a lot of fun, but have come to the conclusion that I need to build up some arm muscles if I want to do this properly-my paddling is rubbish […]
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