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 […]
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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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