Blogs from Hanmer Springs, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 4

Comme le titre le laisse supposer, voici le récit et les images de mes derniers jours sur l'île sud. Au programme de cette nouvelle entrée : des vignobles ensoleillés, un rallye dans le High Country et un périple en train et en ferry pour gagner l'île nord. J'aurai en définitive passé près de quatre semaines et demi au sud ; un séjour absolument magique qui reste parmi mes meilleurs souvenirs de ce voyage débuté voici presque un an. Marlborough : le délice de l'addiction Marlborough, une région occupant le nord-est de l'île sud, centrée autour du bourg de Blenheim, regroupe des vignobles parmi les plus prestigieux du pays. C'est ici, sur le domaine de Cloudy Bay notamment, que la légende du sauvignon blanc néo-zélandais s'est forgée et a grandi. Protégée par les collines brunes formant la ... read more

Golden Bay We woke up after an ok night sleep but have now realised we have a slow puncture in our air bed. Ok for Zo, but by the morning I am pretty much on the floor. Packed up our tent, becoming very efficient now at putting up and taking apart the tent. In the car we got and headed up to the southern most tip of Golden Bay at Takaka. Again it was a lovely drive but took us quite a while. When we got to Takaka we decided to stay at a beach front camp in Pohara. There isn’t much to do in Pohara but it was right on the beach. We set up our camp and headed off to see the Pupu springs. They are the clearest natural spring in the world and ... read more

A day in Hanmer Springs, South Island trying out Quad Biking off terrain with beautiful backdrop of St. Isabel mountain range.... read more

26th February 2009 - HOT POOLS IN HANMER.....LUSH!!! Nat drove us to Hanmer Springs. It was a dry sunny day and so the scenery was back on top form!! Awesome!! It took a couple of hours to get there and surprisingly I managed to stay awake for the journey despite a distinct lack of sleep the previous night!! Hanmer was a pretty small town....a few shops, a library, some gardens and the reason we had gone.....Hanmer Springs Spa!! Relaxation coming up!! First things first, we checked into the hostel...another YHA. Once again it was a home from home. Clean and tidy, light, big kitchen, no bunk beds and just a generally nice feel about it. Once settled in we had a wander around the town, got some bits from the supermarket and then went back and ... read more

It didn't stop raining all night so another wet morning but it's not dampening our mood! We are off to the springs this morning. We got there for 10am when it opened. It's only NZ$14 pp for a day pass which is about 5 pounds each and you can stay there as long as you wanted. We went to the thermal pools, there were quite a few of them. We got changed then headed to one of the mineral and sulfar pools at 37 degres - nice and warm! It rained all morning but it was a nice contrast! The pools were steaming, some had water jets and there were 3 pools, just sulfar, that smelt of egg and they were at 40 and 41 degres - we left them until last! I had a skin ... read more