Department of Conservation Archives

Posted August 21, 2012 by Martina Mcauley & filed under Travel Country: New Zealand.

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 »

Posted August 11, 2012 by Martina Mcauley & filed under Travel Country: New Zealand.

24/2/2012 As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to do a walk in Abel Tasman Park for charity, for Christchurch, but I didn’t have enough time to get sponsorship. But I did the walk anyway. The Department of Conservation told me that Friday was the best day to do it. The weather was supposed… Read more »

Posted July 31, 2012 by Martina Mcauley & filed under Travel Country: New Zealand.

13/2/2012 The Department of Conservation in Whakapapa Village has a very good visitor centre, with a little museum on site and gives a lot of information about the various walks in the area. I asked the woman behind the counter what sort of walks I could do. I’m not a big hiker and just wanted… Read more »