I went out for a real short tramp this weekend. It was only about 2 hours of actual tramping each day but it was definitely nice to be outside for a couple of days. We went out to the Coromandel region and hiked up to the Pinnacles. It used to be a huge kauri tree logging area and so throughout the whole tramp there were little remnants of the massive logging operations that were running in the early 1900s. The hut up at the top slept 80 people but there were two classes of schoolkids coming through so we opted to tent outside of the hut despite the massive rainstorm. It was the first time I have slept in a tent in New Zealand and unfortunately, the last as well. We got to talk to the hut warden for a bit and I discovered that he is a little bit crazy but also incredibly friendly.
This was my last tramp in the North Island; kinda a scary thought. That being said, I do have several non-tramping excursions planned for my last month in the Auckland region. This coming weekend, Leigh, Eva, Riley and myself are going down to Raglan on the west coast in a van and spending 3.5 days figuring out how to surf. Then, about 10 days later, we are heading up to 90-mile beach for 4 days and surfing a little bit more before we all have to leave and go on our respective adventures.
My future adventure is going to include Abel Tasman, Heaphy, Barrytown, Franz Josef Glacier, Mt Cook, Kepler Track, Te Anau, Queenstown, and Christchurch.... Should be interesting!
Here are some pictures from the Pinnacles! Lots of green...
This was my last tramp in the North Island; kinda a scary thought. That being said, I do have several non-tramping excursions planned for my last month in the Auckland region. This coming weekend, Leigh, Eva, Riley and myself are going down to Raglan on the west coast in a van and spending 3.5 days figuring out how to surf. Then, about 10 days later, we are heading up to 90-mile beach for 4 days and surfing a little bit more before we all have to leave and go on our respective adventures.
My future adventure is going to include Abel Tasman, Heaphy, Barrytown, Franz Josef Glacier, Mt Cook, Kepler Track, Te Anau, Queenstown, and Christchurch.... Should be interesting!
Here are some pictures from the Pinnacles! Lots of green...
More NZ landscape..
One of the old dams
The ~600 stairs up to the top. Yes, stairs in the middle of nowhere...
Part of the Pinnacles
The "hut" which is larger and nicer than any house any of us will probably live in ever.
Waterfall...
The river that we did a proper crossing on and then ate lunch on the other side.
3 comments:
Looks pretty awesome, Alex. A couple of the Kiwis I lived with this summer rode out of Christchurch. It sounds like a fun city.
That looks like a truly beautiful place!
xo mum
BEAUTIFUL!!!! awesome derby pics too!!!! we're doing zombie make up for our bout this weekend, since its close to halloween. hee hee. miss you!!!
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