Abel Tasman

Sweet as, the road trip continued and we found ourselves at the trail head for the Abel Tasman Coastal Track. The hike is one of NZ's "Great Walks" and proved to be a very laid back trip with lots of time spent sitting on the beach. We spent two nights and three days walking from the south end to the northern end then took a water taxi back to the car.

Looks like Hawaii, tastes like New Zealand. Abel Tasman National Park.

The start of our hike. The track was practically a sidewalk.


We spent a lot of time sitting and enjoying the beaches.

Abel Tasman By night.

Cool little side creek. Just think, if this was like 10 times bigger it would be a sweet rapid... its been a while...

Over every little ridge we would find another amazing golden sand beach.

The tides made it so some places could only be crossed during low tide. Here we are taking a highwater track trying to keep our feet dry.

The coastline is mainly granite and made for some sweet rock formations.

Another little oasis tucked away in the trees.

My sand art tribute to NZ.

Well, I leave for a 20 some day long break tomorrow and will be back around the first of July.

- Over and Out

Mt. Fyffe

Lincoln does things a little different than OSU, especially when it comes to final exams. Lincoln has a three week long final exam period....Crazy! Consequently, I had 10 days in between finals...ROAD TRIP!

First stop was a climb up Mt. Fyffe which is about a 3 hour drive north of Christchurch along the coast. You park at sea level then trudge up 3000 vertical feet to this well placed hut.


This is the view after about an hour of hiking. We made it to the hut just as it was getting dark, eat dinner, played some cards, and went to bed.


We awoke the next morning real early so we could summit to watch sun rise.

Dawn at the summit looking down on the Kaikoura Peninsula.

The sun coming up over the clouds. We were joined by another group that we shared the hut with.

Winter in coming to NZ and the tops are starting to accumulate some snow.


Myself on the way back down to the hut for breakfast while the morning works its way across the land.