Welly and the ferry to South Island
October 11th 2008 Ross:
The drive south to Welly (as it is affectionately known by the locals) along the Desert Road is fairly barren with Mt Ruapehu on you right hand side as you drive through the Tongariro National Park. We stopped off for a break at Taihepe to visit the Mokai Gravity Canyon, a site for bungy jumping, canyon swinging and zip-lining over a rather steep and deep gorge. Luckily for me the bungy w
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