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South Island Day 11: Making White Water Rafting Look Like A Pleasure Cruise

Middle of summer and this is the view this morning at the DoC site we stayed at; Yep, that's snow on them there hills. ................................... Ah Friday the 13th, what a perfect day to throw yourself into fast moving water without a raft. Shane had decided to rent a...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 13, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 10: 5-4-3-2-1-Bungeeeee!

We woke up to rain which was apparently a good thing on account of the fact it meant there was water in the river. Well yeah I can see how that would be a benefit and anyway, out of all the things to do in Queenstown when its raining I reckon white water rafting has got to be one of the...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 12, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 9: Schwiiiiiiing

We started off with little jaunt up Shotover River to ease us into the day gently with a few 360 degree spins thrown in and a couple of near misses with large rocks and things that can only be described as cliffs as we flew down the river on the Shotover Jet. It's heaps more fun at the back on...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 11, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 8: And So Begins The Adrenalin

Yeah so it was raining in Wanaka again and the skydive was cancelled and the thought of another day wandering round a maze didn't really appeal to us so we headed down to Queenstown to have a little chat with them about stuffs and things to do in the area, namely where we could get this throwing...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 10, 2009 from Glenorchy, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 7: Wanaka; Nice Place, Shame About The Name

The next day we drove to the unfortunately named Wanaka as the sandflies tried to have a Nom A Pom party in my car. But here's one thing about Wanaka, it's fucking beautiful to drive into. It's surrounded by mountains and its right next to a lake, the scenery is stunning and we'd decided to do...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 9, 2009 from Wanaka, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 6: Ice Ice Baby (Sorry, I Couldn't Help Myself)

I woke up having been a sandfly banquet and thanked my lucky stars that I had enough blood to function with. So much for the natural essential oil bollocks ay, fuck your hippy shit I'd like my DEET back now please. However I also woke up to this view: Oh New Zealand, I can't stay mad at...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 8, 2009 from Fox Glacier, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 5: Sod Off Great Big Lump Of Ice

We'd officially entered sandfly country and for some reason stuff that sucks blood seem to like me. Mozzies, sandflies, women etc. I love Aeroguard but sometimes I get edgy about spraying myself repeatedly with chemicals that can melt plastic and strip paint so we stopped off at the local shop...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 7, 2009 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 4: Sulphur. More Bloody Sulphur.

We waved goodbye to the trampoline and headed into the Hanmer Springs township for about 9.30am. The pools don't open until 10am so we chilled in the van drinking tea while we waited for it to open and watching the queues of people mount up... and up... and up. Even after the doors opened they...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 6, 2009 from Maruia Springs, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 3: Whale Watching

Yomping. I know its the lesser of two evils but its still horrible. Nat set off at a pace I struggled to keep up with before she announced that that was her normal pace and the power walking would start any minute now. I'm so doomed. But on a brighter note the whale watching was on today...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 5, 2009 from Kaikoura, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 2: Seal Bothering In The Rain

Yesterday was a wicked start to the holiday but today was rained off a bit. We drove up to Kaikoura to go whale watching but the ocean swell and the weather in general meant it was cancelled, probably a good thing given my inability to keep the contents of my stomach in place on rough seas. This...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on February 4, 2009 from Kaikoura, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

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