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Abel Tasmen Nt Park

Arrived at a camp site just outside of Abel Tasmen Nt park, ideal place...called Old MacDonald's farm...cycled the 40k into the camp with my biking buddies for the last time...we arrived hot and sweaty and jumped right into the river to cool down ! played volley ball in the evening...

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tomrendell on March 5, 2007 from Port Motueka, New Zealand

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Pancake Rocks

Stayed in Punakaiki for 2 nights, had 2 great nights in the pub playing pool and having a few beers... saw the Pancake rocks...and did a mountain bike trail with Dagmar...we rode up through a track in the forest to a place called Cave Canyon...one of the most unbelievable sights I've seen...

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tomrendell on March 4, 2007 from Punakaiki, New Zealand

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Franz Josef Glacier, pretty impressive really!

After another days travel (I wish that New Zealand did overnight buses) we finally arrived in Frans Josef in the late afternoon. The most important issue for Priya and I was how we should see the Glacier. Should we do a guided tour on the Glacier, a heli-hike on the Glacier or just see the...

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Priya&Tim on March 4, 2007 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

We like Queenstown we just can't really afford it!

Queenstown is another lake-set town surrounded by mountains, the differance here is the plethora of extreme sports one can partake in during your stay. Now, the initial plan was to do a Bungy jump here, they have the largest in New Zealand or maybe a skydive. After a number of days in New...

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Priya&Tim on March 3, 2007 from Queensbury, New Zealand

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Passing through

Rolled through Hokitika on our way to Punakaki, on the way through we saw the valley full of mist and low lying cloud, with the sun shining through...

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tomrendell on March 3, 2007 from Hokitika, New Zealand

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Ice Age

Our Trip to the Glacier region on the west coast of the South island, the blog wont recognise the Fox Glacier we visited, so its mapped to the Franz Josef Glacier, only 30 mins away.... The Day before we got frosty with the Ice Glacier, we visited a small place called Hasst, a the town was a...

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tomrendell on March 1, 2007 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

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Its a Fjord not a Sound - Duh! 28/02/2007

I(Tim) have to be honest and admit that I was a bit worried about Milford Sound. We both wanted to go there but did we want to stay at what is basically and literally the last stop in the road in South East NZ. The answer was in the end...yes. The guesthouse was lovely, in a setting which was...

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Priya&Tim on March 1, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand

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On the Move

Before we arrived into Milford, we were lucky enough to get a scenic tour on the bus as we were travelling.....so just to share this with you, here is one of our favourite photos of the mirror lakes; amongst the stops we made at various pools, waterfalls, lakes, and Gertude's Saddle, a mountain...

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Priya&Tim on February 28, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand

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Whale watching

After leaving Christchurch early doors we headed north up the coast to a small town called Kaikoura. The weather had changed from the warm clear blue skies from the previous day to low cloud and rubbish drizzle. Looks like the waterproof I bought yesterday will come in handy after...

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The Hulk on February 27, 2007 from Kaikoura, New Zealand

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Te Anau - A large lake in a beautiful area

After nearly a full days travel we arrived at another I-site office (a re-occuring theme throughout NZ) at 18.30 to a beautiful lakefront surrounded by mountains. A quick twenty minute walk to our guesthouse later, followed by the realisation that the shops were due to close soon followed a mad...

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Priya&Tim on February 27, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand

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