Nelson Lakes + Abel Tasman National Park
On the 31st December we got up super early to leave Picton just before 6:00am so that we could be at the beginning of the Lake Rotoiti circuit track by 7:30am. Our New Year’s Eve consisted of walking 26km around the lake in the tiny village of St Arnaud. How wholesome. The walk itself was…
Mt Taranaki + Marlborough Sounds
On the 27th of December we drove from Auckland to New Plymouth. We stayed two nights in New Plymouth with the intention to climb Mt Taranaki. Unfortunately a large snowfall the night before meant we were unable to do the summit track. Instead we did what we called the ‘instagram’ walk to the Pouakai Tarn.…
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
For Matt’s birthday in November we both took a day off work to have a long weekend at the Tongariro National Park. We stayed at a great air BnB in Owhango and set off to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing on Friday morning. The walk itself was not that challenging, the difficult part was dealing…
West Coast/East Coast – Auckland
I often forget to look back at photos taken on random day trips close to home. By putting these on here it might mean I view them more often. We are so lucky in Auckland to have easy access to both the East and West coast of the country within an hour of each other.…
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