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Rained Out - Night 96

The weather this morning was dour, perfectly matching my mood. Despite the early night and plenty of sleep I felt incredibly sluggish and ornery. Travel seems to amplify my moods, both up and down. I took a long walk along the lake to set my mind at ease. The destination was the old (though...

permalink written by  exumenius on January 14, 2008 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Up the Ben Lomond Trail - Night 95

After a bit of running around town I finally managed to come up with a map of local day hikes to be done. My preference was to get high up into The Remarkables, the eponymous, craggy range across the lake from town; however, I was informed by the guides at both track transport places that...

permalink written by  exumenius on January 13, 2008 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Arriving in Queenstown - Night 94

The magic bus was not set to roll through Wanaka until 2pm, so I spent the morning relaxing at the Purple Cow. Reading in the sun with a cooling breeze coming down from the snowfields of Mt. Aspriring and across Lake Wanaka time seems to float on by. I’d be lying if I told you that there...

permalink written by  exumenius on January 12, 2008 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

A Piece of New Zealand Dies - Night 93

Arguably the most famous Kiwi in all of the world passed away this morning. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest (along with the Sherpa Tenzing) and the first to drive a motor vehicle to the South Pole, dead at the age of 88. According to many, he exemplified all that New...

permalink written by  exumenius on January 11, 2008 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Welcome to the Otago - Night 92

Our journey today took us down the narrow coastal highway down to the town of Haast, the southernmost town on the west coast of New Zealand. After this, the land gives way to the Fjordland national park, an area no self-respecting engineer would even dream of building a road. The way to...

permalink written by  exumenius on January 10, 2008 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

Sydney in 12 hours and off to New Zealand

Our hotel couldn’t have been more convenient for a short stay. From the front door we could see the Harbour Bridge at the end of the road and across the street the entrance to Circular Quay, so we eagerly set off to walk round the Quay and checked out the harbour cruises. I’d read in the Rough...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 5, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: From the Shire to Middle Earth and back

Glowworms and Milford Sound

May 18 We had a surprise phone call from Megan in the morning - Thanks for the Kiwi welcome! We had a 3 hour drive ahead of us, stopping now and aging for photos. We arrived in the town of Manapouri and looked into going across to Doubtful Sound. This however is a lot more expensive than the...

permalink written by  James & Tracey on May 18, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour

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...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on March 1, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

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...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on February 28, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

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...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on February 27, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

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