En route Christchurch to Lake Tekapo
3月8日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
It's ~3hrs from Christchurch but the drive to Lake Tekapo (pron: TEE ka po) was stunning.
Drive to Mt Cook
3月9日 ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Janet & Simon stayed w/ us last night; & today we all went to find a hike for some views of Aoraki (aka: Mt Cook).
Aoraki is NZ's highest mountain at 3724m & is located within the 700 sq km area of SWもっと詳しく
Mueller Lake Lookout via Hooker Track
3月9日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
We chose the (6.8 mi return) Hooker Valley Track; nice trail, no serious vertical & 3 swing bridges that ends at Hooker Lake with Mt Cook in the background.
Tasman Glacier View Trail
3月9日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
After finishing the Hooker Valley Trail, we grabbed lunch in the Hermitage Village. We decided we still had a little more 'oomph' left in us, so we went to the Tasman Glacier View Track.
The trailもっと詳しく
Hiked Mount John Walkway
3月10日 ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
One more day in the Tekapo area -- one more hike! And this one had an unexpected (solar) surprise!
Leaving Lake Tekapo
3月11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
A fairly early morning departure, we were rewarded by some amazing views both land and sky.
Coffee stop
3月11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
How can you pass up a place with a name like this?
And the coffee was excellent!!! ☕️
Anyone want to buy a village?
3月11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Full village for sale; NZ$2.9M (~US$1.63M).
Dam
3月11日 ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Elephant Rocks
3月11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
This 'field' was created after the erosion of fossil-rich limestone over millions of years. It's in the middle of practically nowhere -- pretty cool.
Continuing on to Dunedin
3月11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Moeraki Boulders
3月11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Train
3月12日 ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
Dunedin Railways runs The Taieri Gorge Train Tour from Dunedin to Pukerangi. It's a neat old train that goes through the Taieri Gorge through areas not accessible via car.
Not the same 'wow' as theもっと詳しく
Afternoon post-train
3月12日 ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
After the train trip, we still had the bulk of the afternoon ahead. So we hopped in the car & headed out to do a little exploring.
Destination: Otago Peninsula.
Leaving Dunedin; headed to Invercargil
3月13日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
This was a drive-stop-drive-stop day due to the various lookouts between Dunedin & Invercargil.
Still pretty incredible...
Nugget Point
3月13日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
Surat Bay
3月13日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Surat to Curio Bay
3月13日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
Slope Point
3月13日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
A visit to the most southern-most spot in New Zealand's South Island.
Riverton
3月14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
Riverton is a nothing special coastal town and port. We stopped, walked the beach, and found some fun sand art on the beach. At the end of our walk, we talked with some locals who made a couple ofもっと詳しく
Round Hill Walking Track
3月14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Gemstone Beach
3月14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
This beach is known for a variety of semi-precious gems like garnet, jasper, quartz....
The question is: will Janine get her 'gemmy finds' home?
(who puts ROCKS in their luggage??) 🤔
Clifden Suspension Bridge
3月14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
New Zealand's longest wooden suspension bridge, opened 1899 & operational through 1978. It was an important transit link in its day until a new (modern) bridge was built 130m downriver. Now it's anもっと詳しく
New residence: Te Anau
3月14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
(Pron: tee ah NOW, or tay AH no -- heard both so far) this is our home for the next 5 nights.
Te Anau to Milford: bus ride pics
3月16日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌫 48 °F
Milford Sound: one of the primary objectives for this trip. We decided to take a bus to the port so we could both enjoy the ~2hr drive. The bus ride itself was beautiful.































































































































































































































































































































