When I woke up on March 29th, I was surprised to see that I was camped next to a lovely river... ah, the things you miss when you arrive in the dark! The morning sunshine was sifting through the trees, and its beauty motivated me to get up and tackle the 2km track down to the beach to see where the river met the ocean.


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On February 19th, I reluctantly left Mount Cook and headed back to the coast to Oamaru, which I had been at a few days before. My route traced several more stunning lakes. I also decided stop in at Lake Benmore on a whim, which was just gorgeous. I also took a detour to some striking sandstone cliffs, and at the town of Duntroon, I chose to take ( Read more... )

On Sunday morning, we were up bright and early (6:30am) to get down to the harbour for whale-watching aboard our catamaran boat, "Cat Balou". It was a beautiful calm morning, but outside of the habour, the wind was picking up. We chose to stand at the bow of the boat, and within minutes of moving out onto the open water, we hit a huge swell and ( Read more... )