Archive for February, 2009
We are in Wellington
Unlike its reputation, our Wellington stay has been blessed with sunny, calm weather – hardly a zephyr! So much for Windy Wellington.
We are here relaxing after completing the Queen Charlotte track. What a great week we had. As we mentioned this is 71 kilometres of soft walking. Accommodation every night, a boat to carry our bags and bottles of wine of course. And we don’t mind a drop of this Kiwi white. We had awesome scenery, a range of weather and met lots of interesting Malborough locals.
We did take photos of the track which we will load on the website when we return. Treking or “tramping” in New Zealand is so organised and a big business for tourism. Our Western Australian trails are far quieter than the ones in NZ.
Cheers for now
Queen Charlotte Track
We are on our next adventure – walking the Queen Charlotte track in Malborough Sound, New Zealand. This is cushy walking. We walk during the day. Our backpacks are delivered to our accommodation by a ferry. Yes I did say accommodation. Showers, beds with bedding and cold beer is waiting at the end of every day – bliss. We are staying at Furneaux Lodge tonight, and access is only by boat and on foot. We are getting great photos and video footage that we can blog with later.
Because we are in New Zealand we will not be posting our normal blogs. They will recommence in about two weeks.
Rees and Dart
In February 2007, we went “tramping” in New Zealand. We tackled the Rees and Dart tramp. Classed as hard, we walked, climbed and siddled our way up the Rees Valley, over the Rees Saddle and down the Dart Valley. This is Lord of the Rings country and we took lots of photos. We used some of these images in our publications.
As it happens, this months gallery finds us back in New Zealand. This time we are walking the Queen Charlotte Track with Helen and Chris. We will be taking photos and adding this tramp to our long list of walk trails we have completed. When we return we will write some magazine articles about our experience. Walking in other countries adds to knoweldge of trail management and our ability to access trails in Australia.