12/3/2012 The weather wasn’t great for the first two days I was in Lake Tekapo but it was forecast that it would pick up very soon. I was really hoping that I would get at least one clear day but a clear night especially. Lake Tekapo is a great place for watching the stars at… Read more »
12/3/2012 The last time I was in Lake Tekapo, I noticed on a map, that there was a river called the Mc Auley river in the area. I got in touch with this woman called Marion Seymour, who has a sheep station at a place called Ferintosh, near the Mc Auley River. I was told… Read more »
11/3/2012 I left it a bit late to book my Intercity bus from Mt. Cook to Lake Tekapo and the following morning at 8am, I called Intercity to book my seat. They told me that because all the passenger lists had already been printed they couldn’t reserve a seat for me but to turn up… Read more »
10/3/2012 A few months ago, when I was doing my research for the trip, I came across an interesting tour, which takes you on a boat out onto the Tasman Lake, pretty close to the Tasman Glacier. The Tasman Glacier tour was starting at 9.15am and I got to The Hermitage Hotel for 9 o’… Read more »
9/3/2012 There was a bench on the hill above the YHA backpackers where I sat down to enjoy the view. I thought I’d seen it all when it comes to scenery but that was until I’d seen Aoraki Mt. Cook. Even on a clear night, the view takes my breath away. I sat down on… Read more »
9/3/2012 I went over to the Department of Conservation Visitor Centre to see what sort of short walks I could do. Kea Point Walk was one that stood out in my mind. It said that it would take about an hour and a half to do the walk, there and back. It was 4.30pm and… Read more »
Fox Glacier, breathtaking Glenorchy, Queenstown, Kinloch (Lake Wakatipu) and Twizel are all part of this week’s blog. A last minute decision to go to Glenorchy really made my trip to the South Island worthwhile. I did various tours in Queenstown, including one very interesting trip on the TSS Earnslaw. Before reaching Mt. Cook village, I… Read more »
9/3/2012 It rained all day in Twizel yesterday so I didn’t get much of a chance to see the village, not that it would have taken long to do that anyway, as it’s a tiny place. People say that it’s a great place to read books. My Intercity bus picked me up from the bus… Read more »
8/3/2012 The Info and Track shuttle bus picked me up from Glenorchy at 10.30am and dropped me off at their shop in Queenstown at about 11.30am. I had booked my bus journey from Queenstown to sleepy Twizel and had about three hours to get a few things done before I got on the bus. After… Read more »
7/3/2012 When I was in Fox Glacier, I had to decide whether I was going to go to Glenorchy or not. After doing some research on the accommodation available in the area and checking out the prices, I made a decision to go for it and spend three days in Kinloch Lodge, at the tip… Read more »
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