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not much!

I spent today and yesterday chilling by the lake, on a little beach on the side of the lake nearest the Wanaka Bakpaka, wandering around the lake, climbing Mount Iron - the highest point in Wanaka town, and apparently one of the area's short and easy walks - it's incredibly steep and felt...

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LizIsHere on March 5, 2010 from Wanaka, New Zealand

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Rock!

Rock-climbing today, and the weather's perfect. Sunny, very little wind, clear skies (well, the views are important too). I get some unexpected private tuition for the first hour or so; the others in my group are stranded with car trouble in Queenstown, so the instructor Dave drives me out to...

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LizIsHere on March 3, 2010 from Wanaka, New Zealand

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Wanaka!

Five hours on the bus brings me to Wanaka - one of the places I've been most looking forward to visiting on my trip to NZ! On the way we stop as Lake Matheson, for stunning views of the Tasman and Cook mountains reflected in it's waters, wreathed in early morning (well, it's about half eight)...

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LizIsHere on March 2, 2010 from Wanaka, New Zealand

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Glaciers, (lots of) rain and some amateur caving!

After a fairly long bus journey south to Franz Josef township, home of the Franz Josef glacier, we dump our bags at the slightly grubby Chateaux Franz hostel. Since the glacier itself is about an hour walk out from the small township, our Magic bus driver takes a group of us in the coach to the...

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LizIsHere on March 1, 2010 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

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to Greymouth... it's grey. um.... that's it.

I'm not too happy to be leaving Punakaiki, especially on a sunny day, and more particularly because I'm heading to Greymouth, which is a town that fully embodies it's name! Still, I meet a cool Dutch girl on my bus, and we swap music tips for the entire gruelling one hour journey down the West...

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LizIsHere on February 27, 2010 from Greymouth, New Zealand

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Glaciers! Kayaks! Treehouses!

My dear uncle Denny informs me that I am doing a "pissy job" of informing all my devoted readers of my actions here in the Land Down Under. Sorry. But internet is costly here. Nonetheless, I hate to keep you all waiting with baited breath, so here's an update on what I'm doing down here. Once...

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alli_ockinga on February 27, 2010 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

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river gorges and horse trekking

I escape my rather, um, pungent dorm room (5 boys, complete with damp post-hike clothing hanging about to dry) and walk the river track behind the hostel. It's a fantastic hike, following a track through a massive river gorge, towering walls of rock rising on either side of the rainforest,...

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LizIsHere on February 26, 2010 from Punakaiki, New Zealand

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Punakaiki - no ATM, no food shops, 'just' stunning scenery

After an uneventful stopover night back in Nelson, I get the bus to Punakaiki, home of the famous Pancake Rock rock formations. I'm the only person to get off the bus there, but as soon as I see the Punakaiki Beach hostel - brightly painted, with a large garden, right on the beach, I know I've...

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LizIsHere on February 25, 2010 from Punakaiki, New Zealand

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beaches, beaches, beaches!

Today was a really fun day - a bunch of random things coming together. We got the hire car off hostel-owner Chris - it turned out to be a giant-seeming 4X4 - it took a little bit of nervy reversing and some interesting manouvres in the petrol station before I got comfortable with it, and...

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LizIsHere on February 23, 2010 from Collingwood, New Zealand

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Collingwood... literally, a one-street town

Today I took the 20min bus journey (which cost me a $ a minute - go figure that one out!) to Collingwood, the last bit of civilisation in the Golden Bay before you fall off the Farewell Spit. It's a tiny place, with an estuary on one side and the sea, with a massive beach, on the other, backed...

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LizIsHere on February 22, 2010 from Collingwood, New Zealand

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