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139: Mt Cook (Brief)

Friday, May 12th, 2006

Just a quicky..

Went on a few walks in Mt Cook area for the last few days.
Weather was mostly overcast with a few nice spells yesterday and despite contrary forecasts today turned out to be a fabulous, sunny day..

Yesterday (09/05/06) I walked up Tasman Valley to see Tasman Galcier and took a longer hike up Ball Shelter for a great view of Mt Cook.

Tasman Valley Photos

Today (10/05/06) I went up Mt Ollivier with a couple to Sealy Tarns and Mueller Hut, a Mountain hut at around 1750m. This was a pretty step day hike climbing 1000m and reaching snowy hights but was well worth it for the spectacular views plus we were very lucky with the weather…

Sealy Tarns and Mueller Hut Hike Photos

Heading off tomorrow towards east coast again to Otago and further down.
Plenty of coastal area to explore with pleny of wildlife.. should be fun.

138: Route 72 to Mt Cook

Friday, May 12th, 2006

They call it the Inland Scenic Route 72 and it is the recommended route to drive from Christchurch to Mt Cook, bypassing the main tourist tracks.

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137: Banks Peninsula (2)

Friday, May 12th, 2006
Catching up again wth blogs as I am at Mt Cook right now but here is what I did during my 2nd trip to Banks Peninsula about a week ago.. and it's along one.. Back from my 2nd trip to Banks ... [Continue reading this entry]

136: Banks Peninsula (1)

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Two days, one night and one fuel tank later me and my thirsty friend the 4x4 are back in Christchurch for the night... Yip, it's a thirsty beast that SUV but it was well worth it :-) Had a fab time driving ... [Continue reading this entry]

135: Vrrooom…

Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Picked up my car today from the Rental Company and it was quite nice to drive a car again after more than 4 months. I couldn't resist the temptation of a special deal on a 4WD SUV and got myself a ... [Continue reading this entry]

134: Japan Photos

Friday, April 28th, 2006
I added a whole bunch of Japan Photos to Flickr. It's far from complete as at least half of the photos are still missing but it's a start ;-) Currently added are pictures from: Tokyo, Nikko, Chuzenji, Yumoto, Kamakura, Fuji Go-Ko, Takayama and ... [Continue reading this entry]

133: Kiwi Style

Thursday, April 27th, 2006
A quick "realtime" blog since I am sitting at the computer when I had this thought.. Clearly I'm not "In" with my current appearance as there seem to be loads and loads of Kiwi guys wearing beards :-) No, I won't ... [Continue reading this entry]

131: New Zealand

Monday, April 24th, 2006
Arrived in New Zealand (Auckland to be precise) two days ago after a rather uncomfortable 10h flight from japan using Air New Zealand. Seats are very bad and little legroom .. but I survived;-) Right now I'm at the Airport to ... [Continue reading this entry]