Wanaka Stories


DAY 14 Road Trip - Oamara to Cromwell to Wanaka.

Set off on road to to Cromwell/Wanaka, via Kurow/Omamara. We have been getting a bit blase about the scenery, there's just so much of it & all so special. Sights which we used to stop the car to photograph are now just normal, just another super view/mountain etc. BUT, the road from Oamara to Omamara is just awesome. The hills have become real m...


Junkies Day 4 - Rock Climbing

One of the great things about Adventure Junkies is that breakfast is provided every day. Many of those days included purchases of muesli, eggs, juice and toast from the store so we could make our own breakfast at our leisure. Dallas made a great breakfast this morning, yum. I love how they take pride in not having any preservatives in their food and ...


Junkies Day 3 - Lake Wanaka & Rob Roy Glacier

We were introduced to more Kiwi ingenuity today: the marijuana farmer and his fake police helicopter and the gate closing device. Leaving Lake Tekapo we were told the story of the collie dog, they have a big tribute to the dog for helping with the herding, were it not for this dog they wouldn’t be able to farm sheep as well as they do. We had our lo...


Christchurch - Bye bye New Zealand

Today is my last day in New Zealand, I'd tried to go skiing again, but as you can see, the bad weather doesn't allow to do it again! At least I saw the falling snow, I ate some of them and I had a nice time in the top of the Mt. Hutt! Now I'm leaving New Zealand to Melbourne, Darwin and for the first time to the Northern Hemisphere! All the best and see...