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Jess drove her first long journey today, from Hot Water Beach to McLaren Falls, via Tauranga (toe-run-gah), for some additional supplies. Along the way we passed through various small towns, which are..

There are various walking tracks in McLaren Falls Park, so we headed off for a viewing point, before walking down into the valley to see another waterfall. The viewing point was beautiful – the f..

On our way to Lake Taupo and Turangi, we stopped off at Huka Falls, which is a short walk from the car park.  It was a stiflingly hot walk, which we actually cut short because it was really quite..

The route from Franz Josef to Queenstown goes through the Haast Pass – and like Arthur’s Pass it is mostly flat, following the course of rivers (very sensibly) while having some climbing sections. We ..

After Punakaiki we drove to Pelorus Bridge – from the barrel-rolling scene in The Hobbit – and realised (too late) that we had left Jess’s phone behind in the room. Apparently next day delivery d..