Showing posts with label South Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Island. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
At the Beach
Prior to Christmas we spent a few days at Pohara, Golden Bay. It was a bit of a trek after 3 hours or so on the ferry to Picton, Marlborough Sounds then quite a few hours driving to Pohara.
The house we rented was soo close to the beach and being before Christmas the beach was mostly just us and the seagulls.
Down the road, towards Takaka, is Labyrinth Rocks Park. A limestone outcrop with a series of maze-like mini canyons situated between a few houses and a refuse/recycling station.
Following a map you wander along the pathways through the rocks, including getting to dead ends and having to double back. It takes about 30 minutes from start to end.
Most of the rock formations have been named after things such as dinosaurs, elephants, etc.
What makes it a little unusual are all the small toys, mostly from McDonalds, placed on the rocks - certainly gets kids racing around it looking for more and identifying what movies the toys were in.
Probably not what the original creator had in mind - the kids love it!
We did explore other parts of Golden Bay, there will be more posts.
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| Marlborough Sounds |
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| Pohara Beach |
The house we rented was soo close to the beach and being before Christmas the beach was mostly just us and the seagulls.
Down the road, towards Takaka, is Labyrinth Rocks Park. A limestone outcrop with a series of maze-like mini canyons situated between a few houses and a refuse/recycling station.
Following a map you wander along the pathways through the rocks, including getting to dead ends and having to double back. It takes about 30 minutes from start to end.
What makes it a little unusual are all the small toys, mostly from McDonalds, placed on the rocks - certainly gets kids racing around it looking for more and identifying what movies the toys were in.
Probably not what the original creator had in mind - the kids love it!
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| nearby Tarakohe Harbour |
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| Golden Bay sunset |
We did explore other parts of Golden Bay, there will be more posts.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Oparara Basin
On our recent holiday (here and here) to the West Coast we walked in the Oparara Basin area.
The photos don't quite show the size of the Oparara Arch, it is ~40m high.
The colour of the river is caused by tannin. Tannin leaches from decomposing leaves on the forest floor and stains the water, this happens in forests with high rainfall. Luckily not on the day we visited, just light mist.
From the arch we walked to Moria Gate Arch. Alot smaller yet still impressive.
Then on to Mirror Tarn, where in light rain it had good reflections, on a clear sunny day these would be amazing.
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| half of Oparara Arch |
The photos don't quite show the size of the Oparara Arch, it is ~40m high.
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| arch from below |
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| Oparara River |
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| tannin stained river |
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| possible quilting patterns |
From the arch we walked to Moria Gate Arch. Alot smaller yet still impressive.
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| Moria Gate arch |
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| view of Moria Gate arch |
Then on to Mirror Tarn, where in light rain it had good reflections, on a clear sunny day these would be amazing.
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| Mirror Tarn |
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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