Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
2月24日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
A fun little geothermal park with a number of interesting features.
Geysers
2月24日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We covered the whole park.
Mountain Biking
2月24日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We rented mountain bikes and hit the Whakarewarewa Forest Loop trail: a 21 mile loop on TREK electric full suspension mountain bikes with drop seat posts. THIS WAS A BLAST!
I'm not sure j9 knew whatもっと詳しく
Aratiatia Dam
2月25日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Huka Falls
2月25日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
A scenic two-hour hiking trail between Huka Falls and the Aratiatia Rapids offers excellent views of the Waikato River.
Hukafalls Jet Boat Ride
2月25日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
After watching the Jet Boat from the Dam, we were ready to go for a ride!
The ride was 30 minutes on the Waikato River and we also viewed the Huka Falls from its base.
Our driver spun the boatもっと詳しく
Taraniki Falls in Tongariro Nat'l Park
2月26日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Heading South, we visited Tongariro National Park to walk to its most popular hike called Taraniki Falls. It's a hike to a 65-ft. waterfall running over volcanic cliffs into a pool of water, reachableもっと詳しく
Blokart Sailing
2月26日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
While traveling south to Wellington, we drove by a bunch of retired folks racing blokarts (pron: blow carts) on a Wednesday afternoon. Blokarts is sailing with wheels or skates.
Stopping in to watch,もっと詳しく
Ferry from North to South New Zealand
2月27日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We booked the Interislander, the Cook Strait Ferry. We sailed between the North and South Islands (ie. from Wellington to Picton)
The drive to Abel Tasman
2月27日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Arrived in the South Island. First stop: Abel Tasman. The ~3hr drive was just beautiful.
Cruise up the coastline
2月28日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
We decided to ride the ferry from Kaiteriteri up to the end, & stayed on for the return disembarking at Anchorage where we did a little loop hike just to start our experience w/ the ferry.
Anchorage
2月28日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Here's where we got off the boat. We did a nice little 2hr hike at Anchorage.
No Fishing for me!
3月1日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
While Mark was polishing his fly-fishing skills, I returned to Abel Tasman for a nice little hike.
Mark's 1st Fly Fishing outing
3月1日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
I went fly fishing, while j9 went for a hike. I was fortunate to arrange a guide a day in advance. We went to two locations on two different rivers. The locations were both beautiful and I actuallyもっと詳しく
Short Kayak outing
3月2日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
The 10:15 am ferry was booked, so we had to settle on the 12:45pm ferry. Having 2 1/2 hours to kill, we rented a kayak and went for a short paddle up the coast.
Paddling a longer kayak with a skirtもっと詳しく
Hike from Tonga Quarry to Medlands Beach
3月2日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Missing the earlier ferry, we had to settle for a shorter hike that worked out wonderfully. During the hike, we were able to stop at and explore some of the hikers' camp huts and camp grounds. Weもっと詳しく
Leaving Abel Tasman
3月3日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Heading out of the Tasman area toward our next destination, we were struck by the significant landscape differences due to tidal movement.
Hello Blenheim
3月3日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Blenheim (Marlborough Province) promotes themselves as 'the sunniest area of NZ'. It's sandwiched between 2 mountain ranges which shelters them from the elements. The Maori call the area 'the placeもっと詳しく
From Blenheim to Kaikoura
3月4日 ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
For some reason, when I (jw) planned this stop, I thought we were near at least one of the whale-migration seasons. A few web sites suggest whale-watching is a year 'round activity here. Maybe it is.もっと詳しく
Kaikoura: SEALS! & a crayfish sammie
3月5日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
After a fully rainy night, the morning opened up beautifully. Before leaving Kaikoura we headed out to the peninsula to see the Kaikoura Seal Colony. Fun!!! And before hitting the road, we stopped atもっと詳しく
Coastal drive to Christchurch
3月5日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Heading south on the coastal road between Kaikoura & Christchurch.
Speechless.
TranzAlpine: Vol 1
3月6日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 45 °F
Round trip Christchurch < > Greymouth, coast to coast train; specTACular scenery, amazing food along the outbound trip (via carriage called 'Scenic Plus') and a relaxing return trip. Too many pics toもっと詳しく
TranzAlpine: Vol 2
3月6日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
TranzAlpine: Vol 3
3月6日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Botanical gardens
3月7日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
After our walk, we decided to visit the local Botanical Gardens and were presently surprised by the best flowers we had seen to date.
There were so many awesome flowers, I (mw) made the time toもっと詳しく











































































































































































































































































































































