Walking on Thick Ice
One of the items on my “must do” list for New Zealand was hiking on a glacier. We headed down to Franz Josef from Greymouth and arrived in time for a half day hike on… Read More »Walking on Thick Ice
Travel
Monteiths Brewery Tour in Greymouth
Not being able to make it all the way from Nelson to Franz Josef in one day, the buses stop in Greymouth for the night. There isn’t much to do in Greymouth but wander around.… Read More »Monteiths Brewery Tour in Greymouth
Day Trip Into Abel Tasman National Park
There are a number of national parks and excellent day and multi-day tramps in New Zealand. The many kilometers of tracks in Abel Tasman National Park are among the most beautiful and easiest to access.… Read More »Day Trip Into Abel Tasman National Park
Anyone Heard of Picton?
Where is that you might ask? I asked the same question when I saw it on the itinerary for the Magic bus that I’m taking around New Zealand.Well, Picton is a tiny town on the… Read More »Anyone Heard of Picton?
Turbo New Zealand
So I’m now in New Zealand. The flight from Australia was uneventful and thankfully considerably shorter than the one home is going to be. It almost felt short!I knew New Zealand was going to be… Read More »Turbo New Zealand
3 months in Australia? Check.
I’ve just finished my 3 months in Australia. It’s been hard, easy, fun, exciting, scary, expensive, cheap, long and short.Planning the trip, I made a list of places I wanted to go, figured out roughly… Read More »3 months in Australia? Check.
Australia Gear Update 1
Before I left for this trip I was worried that I’d end up losing everything. My worrywort parents didn’t help my thinking and assumed that everything would be stolen the first hostel I stayed in.… Read More »Australia Gear Update 1
City 2 Surf Race Completed!
The day finally came to get out and run the 14 km of the 39th City to Surf in Sydney. A record 75,000 people signed up and I’m sure there would have been more if… Read More »City 2 Surf Race Completed!
The 39th Annual City 2 Surf
Looking through some of the interesting things to do in Sydney on the web last week, something caught my eye. A running race. Here in Sydney. August 9th. 70,000 people. Wow.When I was planning the… Read More »The 39th Annual City 2 Surf
Not a bush man any more!
So I started this trip with the intention of not shaving or cutting my hair before I got home. Well that’s harder to do than I thought. I made it 2 and a half months… Read More »Not a bush man any more!