Yes, I'm a bit behind but I have good reasons (which I will come to in the next post). For now, here's what's been keeping us busy for the remaining weeks of winter in Wanaka. Snowshoeing At the beginning of the season I bought some snowshoes, thinking that all my friends would take off backcountry … Continue reading Overdue update
And then another two months had passed! Man, life really goes so much faster when you've got a bit of routine in your life. Here's a few of the highlights of our winter in Wanaka so far. Snow Even though everyone keeps telling us this has not been the typical NZ South Island winter, we … Continue reading Winter in Wanaka
We've been living in Wanaka for six weeks now and here's what we've been up to! Daily life Ha, all of a sudden we have a house, and a job, and a two-day weekend again. I think Thomas had a bit of a shock, going back to work after not being employed for exactly a … Continue reading Routine
Leaving Okarito, we drove back to the real world where there are things like supermarkets and dump stations and spent a day replenishing our water and groceries supplies. Since Thomas had come off his bike and hurt his hip, we made a last-minute call to change our plan from bouldering at Castle Hill to taking … Continue reading Loving Lewis
Straight after our 100km bike ride, the weather turned bad. After a day of doing work in the library, we ended up back in Kumara, where we met up with our mate Scott. Scott has been working as a kayak guide out at Okarito and drove up in his weekend to hang out with us. … Continue reading Plastic in paradise
As most people leaving Golden Bay will do, we made our way to the coast and discovered the wide range of activities the West Coast has to offer, including taking our cycling to a whole new level. After a final night in Nelson, we made our way over to the West Coast, to a tiny … Continue reading Sufferfest
Well, it’s a good thing our van made it up the hill because we ended up in a beautiful spot! We found ourselves on top of the hills bordering Abel Tasman National Park, with amazing views of the Kahurangi mountains, keas flying over, wekas scuttling past and dozens of robins and bees happily flying around … Continue reading Life’s good
Remember how we were pretty happy with our new campspot near Taupo? We loved it so much we pretty much hung around for a whole week! Yep, it's that awesome. This week we also had our clutch replaced and we drove back up north to have our tanks fixed. So now we're ready to take … Continue reading Firsts
How we decided to test the limits of our cyclocross bikes (or perhaps the limits of our own cycling skills) on a 2-day, grade 4 mountain bike trail in horrible weather and how the van ended up at the Opotiki police station. One of the things on our NZ wishlist was to ride the Motu … Continue reading Motu Trails
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