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- Day 53
- Monday, February 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
- ☀️ 64 °F
- Altitude: 1,096 ft
New ZealandLady Knox Geyser38°21’3” S 176°22’37” E
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
February 24 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
A fun little geothermal park with a number of interesting features.
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- Day 53
- Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
- ⛅ 68 °F
- Altitude: 1,053 ft
- New ZealandWhangioterangi (Echo Lake)38°21’21” S 176°22’3” E
Geysers
February 24 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We covered the whole park.
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- Day 53
- Monday, February 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,480 ft
- New ZealandWhakarewarewa State Forest38°9’34” S 176°17’12” E
Mountain Biking
February 24 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 whatRead more
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- Day 54
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 1,047 ft
- New ZealandLake Aratiatia38°37’4” S 176°8’14” E
Aratiatia Dam
February 25 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
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- Day 54
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
- ☁️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,247 ft
- New ZealandHuka Falls38°38’48” S 176°5’23” E
Huka Falls
February 25 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
A scenic two-hour hiking trail between Huka Falls and the Aratiatia Rapids offers excellent views of the Waikato River.
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- Day 54
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,142 ft
- New ZealandHuka Falls38°38’55” S 176°5’26” E
Hukafalls Jet Boat Ride
February 25 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 boatRead more
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- Day 55
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Altitude: 3,619 ft
- New ZealandWairere Stream39°11’38” S 175°32’52” E
Taraniki Falls in Tongariro Nat'l Park
February 26 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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, reachableRead more
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- Day 55
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
- ☁️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 138 ft
- New ZealandSanson40°13’28” S 175°25’15” E
Blokart Sailing
February 26 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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,Read more
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- Day 56
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- New ZealandKaiwharawhara41°16’4” S 174°47’33” E
Ferry from North to South New Zealand
February 27 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We booked the Interislander, the Cook Strait Ferry. We sailed between the North and South Islands (ie. from Wellington to Picton)
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- Day 56
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 866 ft
- New ZealandFerret Gully41°37’46” S 173°20’3” E
The drive to Abel Tasman
February 27 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Arrived in the South Island. First stop: Abel Tasman. The ~3hr drive was just beautiful.
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- Day 57
- Friday, February 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- New ZealandKaiteriteri Inlet41°2’13” S 173°1’4” E
Cruise up the coastline
February 28 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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- Day 57
- Friday, February 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 108 ft
- New ZealandTe Karetu Point40°57’24” S 173°3’43” E
Anchorage
February 28 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Here's where we got off the boat. We did a nice little 2hr hike at Anchorage.
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- Day 58
- Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
- ☀️ 64 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- New ZealandAstrolabe Roadstead40°58’53” S 173°2’20” E
No Fishing for me!
March 1 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
While Mark was polishing his fly-fishing skills, I returned to Abel Tasman for a nice little hike.
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- Day 58
- Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 79 ft
- New ZealandBrooklyn41°7’21” S 172°57’35” E
Mark's 1st Fly Fishing outing
March 1 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 actuallyRead more
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- Day 59
- Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
- ☀️ 70 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- New ZealandAnarewa point41°2’50” S 173°1’20” E
Short Kayak outing
March 2 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 skirtRead more
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- Day 59
- Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 39 ft
- New ZealandLong Valley Creek40°53’43” S 173°3’1” E
Hike from Tonga Quarry to Medlands Beach
March 2 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. WeRead more
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- Day 60
- Monday, March 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 105 ft
- New ZealandTapu Bay41°3’25” S 173°0’14” E
Leaving Abel Tasman
March 3 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Heading out of the Tasman area toward our next destination, we were struck by the significant landscape differences due to tidal movement.
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- Day 60
- Monday, March 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Altitude: 144 ft
- New ZealandOpawa River41°29’12” S 173°49’6” E
Hello Blenheim
March 3 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 placeRead more
From Blenheim to Kaikoura
March 4 ⋅ ☁️ 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.Read more
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- Day 62
- Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
- 🌬 52 °F
- Altitude: 36 ft
- New ZealandKaikōura42°24’57” S 173°41’44” E
Kaikoura: SEALS! & a crayfish sammie
March 5 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 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 atRead more
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- Day 62
- Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
- 🌬 52 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- New ZealandKahutara River42°26’39” S 173°35’5” E
Coastal drive to Christchurch
March 5 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Heading south on the coastal road between Kaikoura & Christchurch.
Speechless.
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- Day 63
- Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
- ☀️ 45 °F
- Altitude: 203 ft
- New ZealandWeedons43°34’32” S 172°25’7” E
TranzAlpine: Vol 1
March 6 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 toRead more
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- Day 63
- Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
- ☀️ 50 °F
- Altitude: 1,375 ft
- New ZealandTruscotts Stream43°11’45” S 171°54’38” E
TranzAlpine: Vol 2
March 6 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
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- Day 63
- Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
- ☀️ 52 °F
- Altitude: 1,867 ft
- New ZealandSelwyn District43°0’46” S 171°40’22” E
TranzAlpine: Vol 3
March 6 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
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- Day 64
- Friday, March 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 59 ft
- New ZealandChristchurch43°31’53” S 172°37’35” E
Botanical gardens
March 7 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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 toRead more
