Monthly Archives: April 2011

Zoo

A visit to Taronga Zoo

We figured that we were obligated to go to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, because we figured in case we didn’t end up seeing a wild kangaroo, we could at least see one here. Note: the only kangaroo we did end up seeing in the wild… … Read More

Arrival in Sydney

Arrival in Sydney

Oh Sydney, how groggy I was when I arrived. So, prior to arriving here, we’d stayed at the airport because our flight left at 6am, and well…. we’re cheap asses and didn’t want to pay for a hostel. Regardless, we got out of Christchurch just … Read More

Arthur's_Pass

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

Nick Flying Fox

Frews Hut and cuttin’ track

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

Back home

Back to Hokitika

Queenstown

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

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

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