On the weekend of the 12th of February, our grungy gang of Manitobans and native Kiwi’s John and Glenn set off to take on the track up to Frews Hut on Mt. Inframeta. From here, we would be exploring for and re-cutting a 30 year … Read More →
Category Archives: New Zealand
Wanaka/Queenstown
We rolled into Wanaka at around 9:00 on February 2nd, and when I first stood out of the car at the BP gas station, I seriously felt like Terry Fox. My legs could not function in any normal way after the walk down from Copland. … Read More →
Fox Glacier/Welcome Flat Hut
February 1st marked the beginning of our road trip to Queenstown. Our stops for the day were the Fox Glacier and the Copland Hot Pools. We rolled into Fox Glacier at around 12:30, and picked the wrong parking lot to park at. So it took … Read More →
Nelson Road Trip
We woke up fairly early this morning, and got the hell out of our camping spot. We were starting to get covered in sandfly bites. Little did we know… We finally rolled into Nelson around noon maybe, and stopped at Mcdonald’s to use the free … Read More →
Mt. Brown and the Pancake Rocks
On the 27th, we woke up bright and early, made some breakfast, and were off to Mt. Brown. The start of the trail is located about half an hour from Hokitika. We all strapped on our backpacks, which had food and water, and headed up … Read More →
Hokitika: Arrival in NZ
At 8:45am, we arrived at Melbourne airport, which every pronounces Melbonne. I swear you could feel the heat already, as I was sweating in my pants and t-shirt. We took in a Crown Lager at one of the bars there, and got on Facebook and … Read More →
Arthur’s Pass Cave Stream
Twas a fine February day when we decided to take a drive down to the Cave Stream in Arthur’s Pass. Essentially, you spend an hour walking foot to waist high in a river flowing through and underground cave. It was pretty frickin’ rad. We arrived … Read More →