Seeing the wild side but not the sound....

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November 28th 2008

Published: November 29th 2008

Keen to do some more walking after our experiences in Abel Tasman we headed from the very West of the South Island at Greymouth then to the centre and Arthurs Pass National Park. The drive there yet again was a very scenic one especially when you travel through the actual pass itself and the enormous viaduct that was built to make access across the island much easier. At the viewpoint overlookin... Read Full Entry

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Sophie & Dale

Sophie and Dale

Back in 2008 we took 21 months off work, rented out the house, found a foster home for Stuart (cat!) and ventured out to the big wide world. We saw as many places as we could fit in in the time we were on the road and returned home in February 2010 after a truly life changing and eye opening journey. Our adventure lasted... 615 days! After our return we fell into the routine of life back in the UK but have always planned to get back out there as soon as we could. It took a bit longer than we'd hoped but we did squeeze in getting married and a few holidays ... full info

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Moeraki Boulders

Strange round boulders on the beach

Sophie and the Boulders

Little Blue Penguin Footprint

Cushion Fish on the beach

Little Blue Penguin Sign

Icebergs at Mt Cook National Park

Seeing these made it not a complete wasted journey going up there!

Icebergs at Mt Cook National Park

Sophie and Icebergs at Mt Cook National Park

Wearing the latest in wet weather gear!

Dale and Icebergs at Mt Cook National Park

Icebergs at Mt Cook National Park

Lake Pukuni

Southern Alps

Southern Alsp from the Observatory near Lake Tekapo

Church of the God Shepherd at Lake Tekapo

Sophie in the clouds at Mt Hutt

We drove 14km in the cloud and fog to see the ski field.. we thought the road would never end but when we got to the top we came through the cloud to glorious sunshine!

Dale in the clouds at Mt Hutt

Our Van in the clouds at Mt Hutt

Mountain and the clouds

Okains Bay

on Banks Peninsula

Sophie and the skidoo

in the storm room in the Internaional Antartic Centre

Dale in -18 wind chill in the storm room

30th November 2008

Donna and Neil
Donna and Neil

Sandflies and birthday greetings!
Oh no, you encountered the sandflies...remember that in the next two weeks that if you go in salt water they will start itching all over again. We hate sandflies so we feel sorry for you! A big happy 30th to Dale! Sounds like you had a fab time in NZ with lots of great memories. Enjoy Oz and safe travelling! xx

19th December 2008

Ashlee Spencer
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Wow, sky diving, bunjee jumping... and then those glaciers and beaches. New Zealand does look great... hope u had a great bday at Puzzle World, lol - that actually looks really fun too! I'm so jealous u got to skydive, I bet there's nothing more amazing than doing that.

9th January 2011

International backpacker
Christopher

Great view
Nice picture :)

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