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Introduction
263km (163 miles) NE of Queenstown; 331km (205 miles) SW of Christchurch Mount Cook Village is known throughout the world for its alpine beauty and remoteness. It sits within the 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) of Mount Cook National Park,... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There There is a daily InterCity (tel. 03/379-9020) link between Mount Cook and Christchurch, Queenstown, and Timaru. The Cook Connection, Twizel (tel. 0800/266-526 in NZ; www.cookconnect.co.nz), offers daily trips from Lake Tekapo... Continue reading »
Mount Cook Travel Experiences
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A long hike!
So, after a great Mauroi cultural experience, a show with a 6 course meal, and a night hike through the woods, we left for Taupo. The st... Continue reading »
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Windy Wellington
Thursday 14 December 2006 – We arrived at our hotel to find that it was being renovated and we were initially disappointed. That is until... Continue reading »
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To Russell along the old coast road
Here is the first NZ entry - a brief description of our trip the other weekend up to Russell.We decided to spend the last Sunday before... Continue reading »
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Exploring Wellington
We caught a shuttle bus to the airport for our 2:30pm flight to Wellington. While we waited at the airport we wrote our parents and grand... Continue reading »
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countdown to the wedding
In the build up to the wedding one question asked by many people was "Are you scared/nervous?" The answer was basically "no". ... Continue reading »
