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Tramping in New Zealand

Alistair Ross — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:45:28 +0000

Enjoy but don’t underestimate. New Zealand is a great place for tramping – there’s an excellent network of huts, hundreds of kilometres of tracks, a wild variety of heart-rendingly beautiful scenery, no snakes or dangerous animals, hardly [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Whirinaki Forest: 4 days tramping in September

Alistair Ross — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:19:45 +0000

A 4-day tramp through centered around the Central Whirinaki and Upper Whirinaki Huts. Beautiful streams and waterfalls and lots of variety. We hiked up to Central Whirinaki Hut from the River Road carpark. Though I’ve been here a few times, I never tire of the magnificent podocarp forest and the track is so good that [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Whirinaki Forest: 3 days tramping in December

Alistair Ross — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:14:01 +0000

A 3-day tramp through the Whirinaki rainforest. This time of year we had a few too many stream crossings and stinging nettles to contend with, but it was beautiful all the same. We took my ten year old son 16 kilometres up the trail from the River Road carpark to Central Whirinaki Hut. I think [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Whirinaki Forest: 6 days tramping in February

Alistair Ross — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:07:19 +0000

Whirinaki State Forest Park in the central North Island has over 100 kilometres of tramping tracks through a variety of terrain. Situated between Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera National Park, Whirinaki offers beautiful clear rivers and streams which are home to native blue ducks, podocarp and beech forests and stunning rugged valleys. We got shuttled up [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Whirinaki Forest

Alistair Ross — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:51:38 +0000

Whirinaki Forest in the central North Island is a place of crystal-clear water, blue ducks and soaring forests of ancient podocarps and beech. The forest park offers over 100 kilometres of tramping tracks that range from broad, almost flat trails through towering podocarp forest to rugged climbs over remote ranges clad in beech forest [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Rotorua: Thermal Attractions

Alistair Ross — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:58:32 +0000

Rotorua is the city of thermal attractions. Situated on the edge of Lake Rotorua, the geothermal activity here is intense, and gives rise to some amazing and unique hot springs, craters, geysers and bubbling mud pools that can be found throughout the city. There are a few spots in particular where the geothermal activity has [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Rotorua

Alistair Ross — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:41:52 +0000

Rotorua is the top tourist destination in the central North Island. Most don’t go there for the smell, (although I quite like it), so it must be the spectacular scenery and the mineral-rich hot waters that draw people in. These have been created by volcanism that still burns deep beneath the city. There’s also an [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Rangitoto Island

Alistair Ross — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:59:36 +0000

Rangitoto Island at the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland (Waitemata means ’sparkling waters’ in Maori). This picture was taken on a kayaking trip from Okahu Bay, Auckland to Rangitoto Island. Rangitoto erupted out of the sea about 600 years ago, which must have been both spectacular and inconvenient for the Maori inhabitants of neighbouring Motutapu [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Travers, Sabine & Lake Angelus: 9 day tramp

Alistair Ross — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:55:53 +0000

Our previous three day tramp around Lake Angelus was so stunningly beautiful that we decided to do it again, only this time for 9 days. We drove from Auckland to Wellington on a Friday, caught the early ferry next morning to Picton, and by half past one on Saturday December 14th, we’d left the car [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Lake Angelus: 3 days tramping

Alistair Ross — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:21:59 +0000

The DoC visitors’ centre is located at the northern end of Lake Rotoiti in the village of St Arnaud. From here you can also get shuttle services to the track entrances and skifields, and the water taxi. You’ll also find a shop, campgrounds and accommodation. On Christmas Eve, with a reasonable weather forecast, we [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.