Under the Gorge Walk

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March 7th 2009

Published: March 21st 2009

It's been a good few weeks since we set out for a long walk so I was determined to get out of the city this weekend and see some more of NZ's fine countryside. I've been hankering to visit the Karangahake Gorge ever since hearing about it from Liz last year. So with DOC (Department of Conservation) leaflet in hand and Mayuko, our Japanese friend, along for the ride, we headed eastwards, loosely in... Read Full Entry

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Jude & Glynn Harris

Inspirado

Hello! Welcome to Jude and Glynn's travel blog. We're a pair of newlyweds freshly back from a wonderful year spent traversing the globe and about to embark on our newest adventure - emigrating to New Zealand! About us: Glynn's 34, a Batman fanatic and graphic novel afficionado, a Warehouse Supervisor when he has to be and a general all-round nice guy. Jude is 33, a hardened gig and festival goer, a Lecturer dabbling in IT, Literacy and German and a general all-round nice girl. We met in 2004 over the internet and were married in Feb 2006. We've so far been to Japan, Hong Kong, China, V... full info

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End of the Line

I wouldn't want to be on the train that followed this track, would you?

Gorge Walk

It's really rather nice along the Karangahake Gorge.

Tramway Tunnel

Following the tramway was harder than it looks here - it was actually so dark, we couldn't even see the rails beneath our feet!

Raiders of the Lost Gorgewalk

Another swingbridge, another Indiana Jones moment!

Wet & Wild

Jude shows off her best wet t-shirt pose after getting thoroughly drenched in the rain.

Gorge-ous

Hard to imagine that all this was constructed in the late 1900s.

Mucky Mayuko

Now then children, be warned - trek in jandals and this is what will happen to your legs!

L&P - Lemony Pefection

What better way to refresh ourselves after our long walk than with a big bottle of L&P bought in Paeroa itself!

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