Blogs from Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 9

Driving through Haast Pass we stopped to check out waterfalls (they are everywhere). Entering Wanaka we were amazed. I mean, when we both think of places we want to live we basically list everything that Wanaka has. Green grass, huge turquoise blue lake, mountains galore, and lots of pasture land with lambs running around. We didn't think such a place could exist, but we were wrong. We hiked up Roy's Peak through sheep and lamb country to see the views and they were stunning. We love Wanaka. Maybe we'll start a sheep station here. The next day we drove into Mt. Aspiring Park (the ride itself made would have made the whole thing worthwhile) and hiked to see the Rob Roy glacier. We even got to see a Kea, which is the only alpine parrot in ... read more

A Day In Wanaka The day started off pretty early and was busy trying to make the decision whether we'll be able to make it home or not due to bad weather approaching from the south. After studying Metflight and discussing with local pilots useful knowledge of the area, the decision was made that we would wait out the weather. We possibly could have made it out of Wanaka in the morning, however we felt the weather would have caught up with us and we didn't want to risk being stuck at a not so populated aerodrome! We used this time in Wanaka to our advantage and got to experience the local training areas, being much different to the ones back home. Ben managed to finished off his mountain flying in some "real" snow covered mountains ... read more

Hi Everybody, Hope you are all well, rock on to the 21 people who read my last blog, keeping going for you guys and me! So i'm in Wanaka with my good mate Pinky aka Kieran from uni. Warany knows him, not sure if that good or bad hey Warany, haha! He went traveling 4 years ago and has not been back, haha, good boy... I left Queenstown on Saturday morning and came up here, I had defo had enough of drinking and partying and its good to be back on the backpack trail and not in Queenstown. I must be getting old hey, haha... So my last few days in Queenstown I spent my time working in the hostel. We also played frisbee golf one day which was really fun, they have a frisbee golf ... read more

New Zealand part 2 The drive from Abel Tasmin to Westport was a long and uneventful road, although the various things for sale by the side of the road kept Will in a constant state of excitement. We went to our first seal colony in Cape Foulwind (named, like many things on the coast, by Captain Cook) and stayed in an excellent campsite where we had the site and the beach to ourselves. We drove via Hokitika (where we had our first NZ cooked breakfast) to Franz Josef glacier. The glacier is one of only a handful in the world that is still on the move (about 2cm a day - still beating Will in a foot race!) and we stayed in the Rainforest Campsite (which FYI was pretty shoddy). Will strapped on his crampons and ... read more

Was man am Abend nicht einkauft, muss man in der Früh besorgen Daher war heute das erste ein kleiner Einkauf, dann haben wir am Lake Wanaka in der Sonne gefrühstückt. Danach gings in die Puzzling World (www.puzzlingworld.co.nz), eine ganz besondere Attraktion: dort gibt’s ein zweistöckiges Labyrinth im Freien mit insgesamt 1,5km Wegen, ganz witzige Gebäude zum Fotografieren, drinnen noch einige Illusionsräume, 3D-Bilder, und im Cafè kann man dann mit Denkspielen und Geschicklichkeitsspielen seine grauen Zellen noch einmal so richtig anstrengen Zuerst war allerdings das Labyrinth dran, wo die leichtere Aufgabe darin besteht, jeden Turm in einer der vier Ecken jeweils einmal zu besuchen. Die schwerere Aufgabe wäre gewesen, die Türme in einer bestimmten Reihenfolge zu finden. Wir haben uns für die erste Möglichkeit entschieden – dafür waren immerhin schon 30-60 Minuten veranschlagt. Ich... read more