Posts by: Ste
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We left rainy Franz Josef on Thursday to continue our journey down the west coast and onto Wanaka. This drive down state highway 6 was absolutely stunning and by far the most enjoyable journey yet in terms of scenery – it just got better and better as we neared our destination. We were treated to […]
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After our return journey from Christchurch on the TranzAlpine scenic train, we continued our path down the west coast from Greymouth down to the small township of Franz Josef. It’s a very small place that revolves around the tourism that the Franz Josef Glacier brings to the area. Unfortunately, it rained for what seemed the […]
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We had a two night stop in Christchurch, arriving in the south island’s biggest city via the TranzAlpine train at 6pm on Sunday. As the shuttle took us through the city to our accommodation for the first night, we were immediately struck by the extent of the damage still rife throughout the city centre as […]
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On Sunday, we caught the TranzAlpine train for a scenic 4.5 hour journey from Greymouth on the west coast right over to Christchurch on the east coast, before returning a couple of days later. Through most of the trip, we were treated with some breathtaking scenery, with a large part of the first half (going […]
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After a lovely four night stop in Abel Tasman, we embarked on a 3.5 hour trip down the west coast along state highway 6, all the way to Punakaiki. Having passed a sign along the way reading ‘no fuel for 90km’, it really felt like we were a long way from civilisation. When we reached […]
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This is something I’d been mulling over for a long while, but with our time running out in Abel Tasman, I decided that this was not something I could walk away from. After booking for the morning of our final full day in the area, we headed over to Motueka, a larger town about 20 […]
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