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Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dansey's Pass March 15th 2007

OAMARU TO NASEBY ViA DANSEYS PASS & NASEBY VILLAGE After leaving Sue and Ivans, somehow we got lost in the back roads of Reidstown and ended up heading south towards Herbert instead of West towards the Danseys Pass , Sheryll was navigating at the time at the time (say no more). On the way to the pass we travelled through Livingstone another old gold mining area that my Roberts family had been associated with, however there is very little to show for the fact that it was once a busy town, we pulled in off the main road and drove around some of the roads, checked out the cemetery and located a memorial to a distant realtion on the Lory side of my family We stopped at the Danseys Pass Hotel for some lunch and ... read more
Trooper H.W Lory Memorial
Danseys Pass Hotel
Naseby Boot Maker

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dansey's Pass January 17th 2007

Staying by Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook has been an absolute dream and it was with a heavy heart that we made the decision to move on this morning. The weather wasn't quite as good as it had been for the last couple of days and Glynn and I were both nursing a bit of sunburn again despite all the sun cream we piled on yesterday. Poor Glynn got sunburnt lips so his morning wasn't much fun but that didn't stop him from taking one last dip in the glacier lake before we left. It was just too cold for me today though! We stopped in Twizel (pronounced Twy-zel) briefly to pick up a few groceries and Glynn got to play on some giant heavy machinery that had been converted into a bit of a display/play ... read more
Froggle Rock
Clay Cliffs
Clay Cliffs




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