Year: 2008
Kapiti Island, 5km off the coast just north of Wellington has been a nature reserve since the 1950's, and has been free of all introduced mammals since the last possums were eradicated in 1996...
The Tongariro Crossing was billed by Lonely Planet as the best one-day walk in the world a few years ago. We'd always planned to include it in our itinerary...
A day with lots of places and things to do....
After a cold day on the crag, we got back to Staveley to find a yummy cream and strawberry sponge made by Tish.
The day began with my opening the curtains and seeing the sunny weather had not yet been replaced by the forecast snow and a text message "What you doin' today? Wanna go climbing?" to Ian. The day ended with the forecast snow (and winter temperatures) driving us away from our chosen crag...
Pippa's nose was working well this morning and had 2 finds which was handy....
This plugin allows you to record a country against your posts. For example the country that the post talks about, the event took place in, the location you are writing the post from, etc. Your imagination is the limit...
The beautiful scenery was all getting too much, our eyes were sore, so we decided that a caving trip was due...
Well, Paul has written the last chapter so all that remains is the Epilogue for this holiday, one of the best and most enjoyable ice trips yet...
