Early start today to cover Peak Hill Route before lunch. Grabbed some breakfast from Super Value at 7am and made our way to Lake Coleridge. Lost our way abit when we hit a private gravel road turns out that was really the way to the start of the track. Passed a paddock of vegetables and it was a straightforward climb up to the...
Waitangi long weekend in Canterbury. I haven't booked any accommodation for our stay tonight as I waited to see how the weather would turn out for today. Finally got through the Rakaia Gorge camp ground number in the morning while I was at work. The man on the line was grumpy (I think I woke him up from his sleep) and said his...
Breakfast at Sandfly Cafe was good; we have limited access to electricity when camping so it's a luxury to be able to each have a power point to charge our devices while we're out and about. The coffee was still as good as I remembered it when I visited this cafe in 2013. I was just saying we can take "customers" today as...
After resting for five days following the Routeburn Track, we were ready for the Kepler Track which we did over the new year. This was our 6th Great Walk and also the last one we have decided to do during our time in New Zealand. Unfortunately we were not able to complete our final one due to the weather. In 2013, I was...
