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Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 131 m
New Zealand Kapitea Reservoir -42.666316, 171.192842°39’59” S 171°11’34” E
Kumara Junction to Waimea Intake, return
January 8 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Part of the West Coast Wilderness bike trail
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Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 12 m
New Zealand Fishermans Creek -42.727744, 170.95941242°43’40” S 170°57’34” E
Hokitika
January 9 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Founded as a gold mining town back in the gold-rush days, Hokitika is famous for its pounamu (greenstone), whitebait, it's mining history, and it's sparsely populated wild scenery.
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Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 95 m
New Zealand Hokitika Gorge -42.955872, 171.01636242°57’21” S 171°0’59” E
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Hokitika Gorge Suspension bridge
January 10 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
A true gem — brilliant turquoise water fringed with stark white limestone cliffs and lush green rainforest — Hokitika Gorge is one of the West Coast’s most instantly recognisable scenes.
It’s also one of the easiest to access. An easy, well-formed forest trail leads to this visual feast representing nature’s most glorious colour palette.Read more
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Friday, January 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 16 m
New Zealand Lake Mahinapua -42.806653, 170.92203842°48’24” S 170°55’19” E
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Tree Top Walkway
January 10 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Experience life with the birds high in the ancient Rimu and Kamahi tree canopy.
Easy access for all to enjoy along a steel platform 20 meters high and over 450 meters long.
Thrill seekers will feel their hearts pump, and the adrenalin rush as they climb to the top of the tower 47 metres above the forest floor or gently sway in harmony with the forest on the Mahinapua Springboard.
Look out over Lake Mahinapua to the majestic Southern Alps and Tasman Sea!Read more
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 25 m
New Zealand South Creek -42.79752, 170.90055242°47’51” S 170°54’2” E
Lake Mahinapua
January 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Once a lagoon at the mouth of the Hokitika River, it became a lake when the river shifted its course. Lake Māhinapua was the site of a significant battle between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Wairangi Māori, and is regarded by them as a sacred site where swimming and fishing are prohibited. In European times it was part of an inland waterway that carried timber and settlers between Hokitika and Ross until the building of the railway. Today it is protected as a scenic reserve for boating, camping, and hiking.Read more
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 12 m
New Zealand Shanghai Bay -42.79042, 170.89619642°47’26” S 170°53’46” E
Mahinapua Hotel
January 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The most beautiful country pub l have ever been in.
The Lake Mahinapua Hotel has been welcoming travelers since 1905 and has a heritage deeply rooted in the gold rush era where it originally served as a vital resting place for gold miners and travelers. It was owned by a Scotsman from Edinburgh who came to the West Coast as a miner and dredge worker in the late 1800s.Read more
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 36 m
New Zealand Coal Creek -42.899444, 170.81718542°53’58” S 170°49’2” E
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Ross
January 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Ross was established in the 1860s, during the West Coast gold rush, and became an important centre for miners. At its largest, the town had around 2,500 inhabitants, but the population declined after local goldfields were depleted in the early 1870s.
Quartz was occasionally mined on Mount Greenland, a nearby ridge, but little more gold was found until two miners discovered a large 3.1-kilogram nugget in 1909.
From 1872 to the early 1900s a number of Chinese lived and worked in Ross, and a Chinese Miners' Memorial Garden on the shore of Ross Lake commemorates them.Read more
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Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
☀️ 16 °C
Altitude: 19 m
New Zealand Donnellys Creek -42.879036, 170.80997542°52’45” S 170°48’36” E
Totara River Bridge
January 12 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
The Totara River rail bridge is a historic truss bridge that crosses the Totara River in New Zealand. It was part of the Hokitika-Ross railway line, which closed in 1980. The bridge is a key part of the West Coast Wilderness Trail, which connects Hokitika to Ross. But sadly, in August 2024, the bridge was closed as it was deemed unsafeRead more
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Monday, January 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
☀️ 16 °C
Altitude: 98 m
New Zealand Whataroa River -43.293639, 170.41278243°17’37” S 170°24’46” E
Whataroa River
January 13 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Morning tea stop beside this beautiful Blue River
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Monday, January 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 6 m
New Zealand Cemetery Creek -43.221449, 170.165443°13’17” S 170°9’55” E
Okarito River and Lagoon
January 13 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We came to Okarito to look for the white heron. We only saw one from a distance. But what a beautiful place. Okarito Lagoon is New Zealand's largest unmodified wetland. A coastal lagoon, it is 130 kms south of Hokitika, covering an area of about 12km.
The lagoon is home of many species of wading birds, including the extremely rare Kotuku.Read more
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 108 m
New Zealand Lake Matheson -43.440267, 169.96552443°26’25” S 169°57’56” E
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Lake Matheson / Fox Glacier
January 14 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
At Lake Matheson, near Fox Glacier, nature has combined exactly the right ingredients to create truly stunning reflections of New Zealand's highest peaks - Aoraki (Mount Cook) and Mount Tasman.The waters of Lake Matheson are dark brown, so on a calm day they create the ideal reflective surface. The colour is caused by natural leaching of organic matter from the surrounding native forest floor. By a happy coincidence, the mountains to the east are perfectly positioned to reflect in the lake.
The walk from the car park takes 40 minutes to the pontoon, or 1.5 hours around the lake.Read more
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 31 m
New Zealand Mount Arthur -43.627026, 169.59008343°37’37” S 169°35’24” E
Jackson Bay
January 14 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Jackson Bay marks the farthest extent of the West Coast's road network: the small road which meanders along the coast from Haast, 32 kilometres to the northeast, terminates at the sleepy fishing village of Jackson Bay.

Jackson Bay is a working fishing port - boats are tied up at the long wharf that stretches out into deep waters. A popular fishing spot in summer, it's a great place to catch crayfish and just meander.
Feel the sheer isolation, as if beyond the end of the road is the unknown; although south of here lies Fiordland and Milford Sound.Read more
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 408 m
New Zealand Hutchinson Spur -44.033672, 169.36961144°2’1” S 169°22’11” E
On our way to Wanaka
January 15 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Few stops along the way from Jackson Bay. Including a 1hr hold up on the Haast Pass for road works.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 314 m
New Zealand Mount Iron -44.693415, 169.15317644°41’36” S 169°9’11” E
Wanaka
January 15 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Biked from our campsite into Wanaka and completed a 22km loop trail ride around part of the lake and into Albert Town, then back to Wanaka.
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Friday, January 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 552 m
New Zealand The Meg Creek -44.881296, 169.00352644°52’53” S 169°0’13” E
Cardrona Hotel
January 17 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Established in 1863, the Cardrona Hotel is one of New Zealand’s oldest hotels and is one of only two remaining buildings from the Cardrona Valley gold rush era. In it's hey-day Cardrona was a prosperous settlement and significant commercial hub for the area. During this period, the hotel - one of four in the township - offered accommodation, livery services, and an accommodation stop for itinerant travelers. The historic hotel facade is representative of this now vanished town and is an important part of New Zealand’s history.Read more
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Friday, January 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 962 m
New Zealand Mount Scott -44.995371, 168.92480444°59’43” S 168°55’29” E
Crown Range Summit
January 17 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Crown Range Road is a scenic road in New Zealand that connects the towns of Wānaka and Queenstown. It's the highest main road in the country, reaching an elevation of 1,121 meters (3,678 ft) above sea level.Read more
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Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 328 m
New Zealand Cowcliff Hill -45.009438, 168.90046645°0’34” S 168°54’2” E
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Aj Hackett Bungy Bridge & Arrowtown
January 17 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrowtown is a historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Arrowtown is located on the banks of the Arrow River, approximately 7.5 km from State Highway 6. Arrowtown is located 19.5 kilometers to the east of QueenstownRead more
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Friday, January 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 576 m
New Zealand Longslip Creek -44.495741, 169.76383444°29’45” S 169°45’50” E
Longslip Station / Lindis Pass
January 17 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This lovely POP is part of Longslip Station, a large farm station on the north side of the Lindis Pass. Located at the beginning of Birchwood Road, the POP is just 20kms from Omarama. The access track opens up into a large flat paddock ringed with white painted rocks right beside the Ahuriri River.Read more
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 534 m
New Zealand Lake Pukaki -44.190088, 170.14162744°11’24” S 170°8’30” E
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Pukaki - Tekapo - Fairlie - Geraldine
January 18 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
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Monday, January 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 56 m
New Zealand Weka Creek -43.066549, 172.74904243°3’60” S 172°44’57” E
Waipara
January 20 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Waipara is a wine and tourism district in Canterbury, New Zealand, on the banks of the Waipara River. Its name translates to "Muddy Water", wai meaning water and para meaning mud. It is at the junction of state highways 1 and 7, on the Alpine Pacific Touring Route.Read more
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 30 m
New Zealand Omaka Aerodrome -41.537156, 173.930341°32’14” S 173°55’49” E
Blenheim
January 21 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Blenheim is a town on New Zealand’s South Island. It’s known as a gateway to the wineries of the Wairau Valley to the west. In town, the Marlborough Museum chronicles the development of winemaking. The Omaka Aviation Heritage Center houses filmmaker Peter Jackson’s collection of World War I aircraft, displayed in sets re-creating their flight history.Read more
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Trip end
January 24, 2025