Wanaka Parks, Parks to Visit on Wanaka Vacations

New Zealand South Island | Feb 02 07'

With the South Island being vastly bigger than the North Island, and much of the country not easily accessible via paved roads, we chose to visit j... Continue reading »

New Zealand, Wanaka: A Puzzling Pit Stop | Nov 08 07'

"About half an hour later, we had found the last of the four towers and were making our way back to the beginning of the maze"

After checking out of the Top 10 Queenstown Holiday Park, we left the quaint town of Queenstown heading for Wanaka, a small town situated on a larg... Continue reading »

Wanaka | Nov 29 06'

Leaving a rainy Franz Josef, we started our drive down to Wanaka. First we made a brief stop at Fox but couldn't see much due to the weather so end... Continue reading »

Lord of the Rings | Nov 09 06'

The drive to Wanaka was a very wet one , but even this looked good through the rain. I would love to see Haast's Pass on a clear day. We stopped of... Continue reading »

Karaoke Chronicles (South Island) | Jan 31 07'

"you ain’t seen coastal folk, till you been to the west coast of the south island"

Ah yes, just when you thought that perhaps Tim and I had better things to do other than spend our days at the internet café writing blog entries we... Continue reading »

The Wettest Walk on Earth | Jan 30 07'

Well. This was another long walk. And reading through the brochure exentually I came to understand that we'd get rained on. Average of 2 days out o... Continue reading »

Wow and Ouch! | Dec 14 06'

"360 degree views of snow capped mountains, crystal clear lakes, gushing rivers..."

We have just spent four days in the spectacular Milford Sounds completing the famous Milford Tract walk covering 33.5 miles. You may think the .5 m... Continue reading »

Wed, 15 Nov: Milford Sound Flyover | Nov 14 06'

The day started with one of those small world stories".  At breakfast we met a couple and started the typical conversation one has with strang... Continue reading »

New Zealand, Queenstown: Watching Kiwis Playing Miniature Golf from a Luge | Nov 06 07'

"It was chilly and cool at the summit, but that didn't stop us riding a luge down the hill a couple of times"

One of the more anticipated destinations during our month in New Zealand, travelling around in a campervan, was definitely the small town of Queens... Continue reading »