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    • TravelerNew Zealand 2022
      Day 7

      Motuara Island + Tirohanga Track

      November 1, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      This morning I took a boat trip over to Motuara Island, a predator-free bird sanctuary. I saw heaps of the super small fast birds and lots of little lizards. Once back in Picton, I walked the Tirohanga Track (4km) which takes you to a high lookout point where you can see Picton and the Charlotte Sounds.Read more

    • TravelerNew Zealand 2022
      Day 3

      Queen Charlotte Track - Day 1

      October 28, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      This morning I took a boat, for about an hour, from Picton to Meretoto (aka Ship Cove), to start an Intrepid Tour walking the Queen Charlotte track (totalling around 50km). Today we walked 6 hours, from Ship Cove over to Endeavour Inlet (17km). We made it to the accommodation just in time, it has been pouring and freezing since we got here!!Read more

    • Australien-Neuseeland-VAR-Oman
      Day 16

      28.285 Schritte Marlborough Sounds

      February 11 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

      Um 8:30 Uhr steht die Anke am Schalter von "we-are-family-owned-your-money-puts-our-grandson-to-soccer-school" (so steht es über dem Counter an die Wand geschrieben) Beachcomber Cruises, der Thierry besorgt derweil noch Verpflegung für den heutigen Tag. Denn Energie werden wir heute brauchen. 17km des Queen Charlotte Tracks wollen wir heute gehen, von Ship Cove bis zur Furneaux Lodge. Und das, obwohl die Beine des männlichen Parts der Reisegruppe noch von der letzten Wanderung müde sind (und der Rest des Körpers auch nicht gerade nach Bewegung schreit). Knapp 6 Stunden haben wir dafür Zeit, nachdem uns das Boot am Ausgangspunkt abgesetzt hat, dort wo Captain Cook 1770 das Hauptquartier für seine Erkundung Neuseelands einrichtete. Und wirklich viele Höhenmeter sind es auch nicht. Nach etwa einem Drittel der Strecke wartet in einem Shop für Tourenwanderer in der Resolution Bay für den müden Wanderer sogar eine gekühlte Cola und ein Brownie - der grandiose Ausblick ist inklusive. Auch den Rest der Strecke sind die Aussichten in die Sounds jeweils traumhaft. Trotzdem sind wir froh, als wir nach gut 5 Stunden an der Furneaux Lodge ankommen (und zwar auf die Minute genau zu der von Thierry vorhergesagten Ankunftszeit), wo uns nach kurzer Pause dann auch das Boot wieder einsammelt.
      Die von Thierry ebenfalls prognostizierten 30.000 Schritte für heute schaffen wir nicht ganz. Um die voll zu machen, müssten wir abends wohl noch mal vor die Tür. Dazu kann sich allerdings keine/r von uns beiden aufraffen. Stattdessen wird Pizza bestellt und ausnahmsweise mal genetflixt.      Read more

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    • TravelerNeuseeland
      Day 20

      Wildes Leben und nasses Wasser 2

      December 27, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Das nächste Ziel war die kleine Insel Motuara, die auch wieder dank vieler Fallen schädlingsfrei gehalten wird.
      Auf den Weg hinauf zu einer Aussichtsplattform erklärte uns unsere Reiseführerin viel über die dortige Tier- und Pflanzenwelt. Wir bekamen einige der einheimischen Vogelarten zu sehen. Beispielsweise scharrte sie einmal ein wenig die Blätter vom Boden und ein kleiner schlauer Langbeinschnäpper (New Zealand Robin) hüpfte an, um dort nach Insekten zu suchen.Read more

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    • TravelerNeuseeland
      Day 35

      Charlotte Track Ship Cove-Furneaux Lodge

      February 4, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Heute war wieder wandern angesagt - Queen Charlotte Track von Ship Cove ca. 17 km zur Furneaux Lodge. Dies bedeutete: 7:30 Uhr im Hafen von Picton sein. Eine entspannte Fahrt durch den Queen Charlotte Sound via Motuara Island von knapp 1 1/2 h. Das Boot war nicht übermäßig voll, also auch nicht soviel los auf dem Track. Es gibt jedoch mehrere Shuttelboote zur Ship Cove.
      Weg ist recht gut zu laufen, Anstiege nicht schwierig. Bei Kaiserwetter tolle Sicht in den Sound. Wenn man Badesachen dabei hat, kann man an den Stränden auch ein Erfrischungsbad nehmen (Schoolhousebay, bei km 14 oder in Furneaux). Kurz vor dem Ziel sind wir noch vom Weg abgebogen um wohl einen der ältesten Bäume NZ zu sehen - eine Harzeibe, geschätzte 1000 Jahre alt, Stammdurchmesser 2,04 m, Spannweite ca. 30 m.
      Die Furneaux-Lodge ist Hotel, Restauarant, Cafe & eine Einkehr wert.
      Der Rückweg nach Picton erfolgte mit dem Mail(Post)Boot.      Read more

    • mg.bigadventuremg.bigadventure
      Day 208

      Plenty of shags in NZ!

      April 2, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      This morning we found Pollard Park in Blenheim - a large green park, with some lovely Japanese and rose gardens and another great kids play park. We also found some large conkers and hundreds of very large acorns (many over an inch long) there - clearly some British tree species have been introduced here, as well as birds. Later this morning we headed up to Picton to do a boat trip in the Marlborough Sounds. The scenery was good but the wildlife was even better. We got to see many seabirds, including 3 different species of shag (similar to cormorants - sorry to disappoint anyone who was hoping for a racier blog post!) including the spotted shag (2nd photo) and rare king shag (3rd photo - this bird only lives in the Marlborough Sounds, nowhere else in the world); we also saw shearwaters, skua and red-billed gulls (the latter of which tried to steal our picnic lunch!). We saw some seals along the way - young males resting on the rocks, so we were able to get quite close for good views of them. We also got to see a pod of about 50 bottlenose dolphins, swimming all around the boat; some of them came up very close to our boat and they were fantastic to see, even Solana didn't mind being woken up from her nap to see those guys! We stopped at Motuara Island, a small uninhabited island where predators have been eradicated to help restore some of NZ's endemic bird populations, so we saw some unusual land birds there including NZ robin, fantail, saddleback and bellbird. Still no whales spotted but it was a great day and we're crossing our fingers for whales the day we get the ferry across to the North Island....Read more

    • Enjoy the rideAm Ende der Welt - Neuseeland
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      Day 23

      22.Tag: Queen Charlotte Track - 1 Etappe

      February 24, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      Heute ging es mit Zelt und Wanderausrüstung mit dem Wassertaxi zum historischen Ship Cove, wo unsere 5-tägige Wanderung begann. Der 71km lange Wanderweg führt über eine prachtvolle Küstenlandschaft in die kleine Hafenstadt Anikawa. Das Glück war mal wieder auf unserer Seite, da wir nicht nur traumhaftes Wetter hatten, sondern auch wieder Delphine gesehen haben - noch viel näher als beim ersten Mal.😊
      Bei Ankunft trafen wir auf die einheimischen frechen Weka. Die seltsamen Vögel haben keine Flügel, können also demnach nicht fliegen, sind aber dafür sehr flink und äußerst aufgeweckt. Die kleinen Dinosaurier (so sehen sie nämlich aus) nutzen jede Gelegenheit den Wanderern ihr Hab und Gut zu zocken und haben uns sehr auf Trap gehalten. 😂 Die erste Etappe führte uns bergauf durch eine faszinierende Dschungel-Landschaft. Oben angekommen wurden wir mit einer wunderschönen Aussicht auf die Fjordlandschaft der Charlotte Sounds belohnt. Nach 16km erreichten wir schließlich die erste Campsite (Minor's Camp). Dort haben wir nicht nur einen sehr netten Schweden und eine liebe Kanadierin kennengelernt, sondern auch zahlreiche - super niedliche - Opossums. Hier leider eine Plage, da die Tierchen die einheimischen Vögel fressen 🙁 Bei netten Gesprächen und einem atemberaubenden, einzigartigen Sternenhimmel haben wir den Tag ausklingen lassen - wir waren dem Himmel nie so nahe 😊      Read more

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    • TravelerNew Zealand Roundtrip
      2
      Day 16

      Queen Charlotte Track

      November 13, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      In the last three days we did the Queen Charlotte Track with 73km 😊 We, Emil and thommy had an amazing time and really god weather, nearly to hot...but for more have a look at the picture ☺️

    • New Zealand 2019
      Day 24

      Hiking the Queen Charlotte Track

      February 25, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 55 °F

      Today was the first day of our 3-day trip in the far north of the South Island, with the Marlborough Sounds Adventure Company (MSAC). This is more like an organized adventure than a tour. In the morning at the MSAC office, we were given a packed lunch for the day and instructions for the next three days. Then we were pointed to the water taxi for the 1-hour cruise to the start of another of New Zealand’s great walks, the Queen Charlotte track.

      Our tour groups are getting even smaller —Backroads, 20 others; NZ Trails, 2 others; today, 1 other). Our fellow traveler, Matt, is from Auckland. Many others got off the boat to walk the trail too, so we all dispersed and went at our own pace.

      The trail starts with a steep, rocky slope in the dense rainforest, with occasional views out over the Queen Charlotte Sound and its islands. From time-to-time we passed waterfalls and through sections with a lot of birdsong (listen on our video). Other times all we could hear was the howling wind. At least there was no rain, and we were fairly protected from the wind while in the trees. Our section for today was about 9 or 10 miles, and after the steep 1+ mile ascent, the trail became more rolling and better maintained.

      We arrived at the water taxi pickup spot where we were taken around more of the Sound and dropped 2 km short of our lodging for the night. Luckily our luggage had gone on ahead to the Portage Hotel, named for the land crossing the Maori used to portage their wooden canoes to the Kenepuru Sound. We thought that last hill was hard enough carrying just our daypacks.

      We enjoyed a nice dinner and bottle of local Pinot Noir, shared with our fellow traveler, Matt.      Read more

    • Cruising NZ
      4
      Day 63

      Stormy Saturday at Ship Cove

      January 27 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 22 °C

      Saturday started earlier than expected for Nathan. At 4am he got up with a full bladder and while heading outside found that the wind had changed direction, leaving them with not a lot of room (about 20m to possible rocks, and 50m to the shore) behind them should the anchor slip. Feeling uneasy about this, and knowing the weather forecast was for worse to come, the anchor came up and we moved to a spot with a bit more of a buffer.

      With the anchor and all of the chain down, the forecast weather quickly came through and settled in. Unable to go back to sleep, Nathan made himself cozy in the saloon to keep an eye on things. The weather did get pretty extreme, but the anchor held. Vela got up and requested a coffee and some sesame porridge, but with the wild weather the food and drink didn't want to stay down.

      We went into hibernation mode for a few hours stairs, wrapped up in a blanket and napping when we had the chance. Nathan jumped up a few times to check our distances to shore and make sure we weren't dragging. But our anchor held fantastically - fingers crossed it always does so!

      Late morning the weather started to clear, and by midday we had beautiful blue skies and it was time to explore Ship Cove. We launched the dinghy and went ashore, the humidity and heat from the sun, coupled with the beach and thick undergrowth made it feel very tropical. We did a little bit of exploration, checking out the wharf, the James Cook monument and the many bush chickens (Weka) that we're hanging about. We also noted a short walk to a waterfall so we plan to come back tomorrow with some better footwear to check that out too.

      Afterwards we took the dinghy to the point for a little bit of a fish, Vela pulled in a baby blue cod which got sent home, and also another spiny dogfish. Back on board Starling and Vela was on a roll, fishing up another spiny dogfish, myriads of small Gurnard, and one extra Gurnard big enough to keep. No blue cod for the bin today unfortunately.

      We celebrated with a Pina colada, and Vela cooked up a little hot pot of yesterday's Gurnard and the jar remaining blue cod.      Read more

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