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Glaciers and West Coast rain forest
(Jan 26 '02)
Hello again... it's Saturday morning, and a much-needed lazy day! Kids are sleeping in, Walker's catching up on laundry, I'm in an Internet cafe with 20 people from around the world tapping away on ...
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Willy Wanaka
(Feb 20 '07)
"Having fully evacuated our bowels, we signed the ubiquitous disclaimer forms"
Today, we were heading south from Franz Josef towards the township of Wanaka in Mount Aspiring National Park. We paused at ...
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The only problem with Wanaka was that we didnt get to spend enough time there. All we had was one day and night there, which really wasnt enough for such ...
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I'm bored. LETS SNOWBOARD!!
(Jul 15 '06)
Snowboarding.
Sliding down an icy slope tied to a piece of wood. My kind of fun, though perhaps not Jems.
We were yet again going to be doing something I really wanted to do, and as luck would ...
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Flying High
(Dec 02 '06)
We have been here for almost three weeks and have loved every minute of it. As our friend Chris told us "It`s Magic`. It looks like it is right out of a postcard.
We arrived november 6th in ...
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Beautiful little town which I loved
(May 29 '07)
So off we went on our second road trip with Wanaka our first destination. The journey was amazing passing through some wonderful scenery stopping off to view lakes surrounded by snow capped ...
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Steve likes his fry-ups, so we head to the restaurant for a buffet breakfast. We then decide to book a flight to see the glaciers and Mount Cook. It seems the ...
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Driving out of Glenorchy to Wanaka. But first our initial time cleaning out the waste water and toilet which we have not used much, and turned out to be very easy to ...
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Rockin in Wanaka
(Dec 20 '07)
So Wanaka is often compared to queenstown as a slightly less touristy, but just as adventurey stop in the southlands. Smaller, quainter but buzzing in its own way all the same. When the bus pulled up ...
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Snowboarding and Skiing!
(Jul 02 '06)
"We watched The Da Vinci Code which we both enjoyed and we pigged out on the home-made cakes and cookies on offer!"
We arrived in Wanaka mid afternoon, giving us enough time to settle in at our hostel - ...
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