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Adventure #4: Sea Kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park
(Feb 24 '06)
"Gorgeous. Breathtaking. Paradise."
After sailing quite fast through Wellington and Picton, Tal and I were hoping for a place we could rest for a little while in, and when we finally reached the Happy ...
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My First Real Trip... Lucky I didn't fall
(Apr 30 '07)
I was enthralled when I found out I got the job at the rugby union; it is classic Kiwi culture if nothing else. My stomach constricted though when I realized the job started in less than 2 weeks. In ...
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Ready for a 13km hike!
(Jun 26 '06)
We were pleasantly surprised by Paradiso, it was a very well laid out hostel and excellent value for money. Wouldn't recommend the soup (someone was slightly heavy handed with the pepper and it was ...
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Imagine if a brand new land rose from the depths of the ocean one day and appeared on the world map overnight. A place of such arresting, unspoilt ...
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Abel Tasman Track
(Mar 06 '07)
day 1 (this is a slow connection and an apple and it just wrecked the part of the description i already had!!): marahau to medlands beach (justs before bark bay)
only few people hiking, almost all ...
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Get out your maps kiddies and we are off to Picton. I have posted pictures and written about Picton in earlier posts, so not much else will be said ...
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Picturesque Picton
(Oct 17 '06)
"We could see a lot of excited doggies jumping up on jetties in the distance!"
We took the ferry over from Wellington and it docks in the small town of Picton. Unusually for us, we'd booked a hostel and ...
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Kayaking in Abel Tasman
(Mar 22 '07)
So the bus ride to Nelson took ages. I didn't get there until 7:30 or
so. Somehow a guy from the hostel knew that two of us were coming on
the bus and came to pick us up... the hostel was up a ...
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In Nelson staan er twee dingen centraal, de voorbereiding om de Coastal Track in het Abel Tasman National Park te lopen en het weerzien met Anja. Het weerzien met Anja is erg geslaagd ...
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Monday, January 29, 2007 (Lyell to Motueka)
Morning seemed to come quick and did it ever cool off last night. Overnighting within all this dense foliage brought the ...
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Recent Blogs for Picton
Abel Tasman
(Apr 03 '08)
So after endless hours of driving.. we arrived near the top of the south island. We wanted to kayak in the Abel Tasman National Park. The nearest town is quiet Nelson. We wanted to stay in the YHA ...
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Treking and kayaking on the South Island
(Mar 26 '08)
Hi all,
The 3 hour boat ride from Wellington to Picton was beautiful – weaving in and out of the Queen Charlotte Sounds and its luscious green hills. Am afraid you’re just going to have to take my ...
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Rain stops play
(Mar 01 '08)
We arrived at Kaiteriteri as the gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park. It is a beautiful location and it gave us a tiny taste of the park as the next morning we had thick fog and pouring rain so ...
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