Month: October 2017

MT. COOK NATIONAL PARK

Labour Weekend (21-23 October) 2017-Escape home to the South Island with family ❤ Even though I lived (and fell in love) in the south island for a number of years (ermm, 6) and saw a few amazing places, there are still so so many places in the “mainland” that I didn’t manage to tick off the […]

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Trains Hut, WAITOTARA

Location: Waitotara Conservation Area Time: Overnight, 5 hours each way Difficulty: Medium (easy to follow track, hiking boots)   The walk to Trains hut starts with an epic-ly long and windy drive up the Waitora River. While this is rather picturesque (and I enjoyed this walk) the car-sickness (which I have always suffered) endured means […]

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