Wanaka Trips
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We drove over to Wanaka on the 31st, on the way to Queenstown (the normal stopping point on the tour). Along the way, we got our first glimpses of Mt. Cook (the highest point ...
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New Zealand South Island
(Feb 03 '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 just a few places here.
We broke up our long drives ...
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Soaring in the skies over Wanaka!
(Feb 16 '07)
"King of adrenalin rushes! 15,000 feet, 1 minute freefall! WOW!"
Wow - had a super awesome time in Wanaka - maybe it was the beautiful scenery, or maybe it was my adrenalin pumping, throw myself out of ...
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Day 34
(Feb 22 '07)
"Caz lost the top and nearly the bottom of her costume practising her Cannon balls"
Thursday 22nd February
After getting up and the seemingly ungodly hour of 0730 we both quickly realised; much to our ...
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Lord of the Rings
(Nov 10 '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 off on route to look at some of the waterfalls.
Wana ...
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Wanaka
(Nov 30 '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 ended up being more of a coffee/food stop than anything. ...
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One of my favorite towns anywhere!
(Feb 15 '07)
"I made camp as the last light vanished in a glade of soft, tall grass."
I hitched a ride to Wanaka with a couple of German girls who enthusiastically told me that the drive would take us through some of ...
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The title sums up what we did today. It was a very nice day, relaxing. We hit Wanaka, and the kids playground. Matthew must have gone up this dinosaur slide they had (which was ...
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New Zealand, Wanaka: A Puzzling Pit Stop
(Nov 09 '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"
Skydiving from 4500m!
(Jan 12 '07)
Ater Queenstown we took a little breather in a place called Kinloch, real Lord of the Rings territory. Absolutely stunning scenery. Apparently thats where most of Middle Earth was filmed, for those of ...
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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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Such a peaceful lake
(Mar 05 '08)
We stopped at a perfect location at the north end of Lake Wanaka, the only bad thing was the sand flies. As we were camping there on the lake after all day trippers had left it was a really tranquil, ...
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Wanaka
(Jan 28 '08)
A few laidback days before our long hike was just what we needed and Wanaka fit the bill. It’s the more laid back version of Queenstown. It’s set at the edge of Lake Wanaka and we chose to go on a ...
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