Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
24 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
A fun little geothermal park with a number of interesting features.
Geysers
24 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We covered the whole park.
Mountain Biking
24 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 whatЧитать далее
Aratiatia Dam
25 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Huka Falls
25 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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
25 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 boatЧитать далее
Taraniki Falls in Tongariro Nat'l Park
26 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 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, reachableЧитать далее
Blokart Sailing
26 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
Ferry from North to South New Zealand
27 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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
27 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Arrived in the South Island. First stop: Abel Tasman. The ~3hr drive was just beautiful.
Cruise up the coastline
28 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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
28 февраля, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Here's where we got off the boat. We did a nice little 2hr hike at Anchorage.
No Fishing for me!
1 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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
1 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 actuallyЧитать далее
Short Kayak outing
2 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 skirtЧитать далее
Hike from Tonga Quarry to Medlands Beach
2 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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. WeЧитать далее
Leaving Abel Tasman
3 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 placeЧитать далее
From Blenheim to Kaikoura
4 марта ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
Kaikoura: SEALS! & a crayfish sammie
5 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌬 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 atЧитать далее
Coastal drive to Christchurch
5 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Heading south on the coastal road between Kaikoura & Christchurch.
Speechless.
TranzAlpine: Vol 1
6 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 toЧитать далее
TranzAlpine: Vol 2
6 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
TranzAlpine: Vol 3
6 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Botanical gardens
7 марта, Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 toЧитать далее











































































































































































































































































































































