Well as I'm sure you know by now, we're not the best at keeping our blog up-to-date...there's just so many things to do here we never seem to find the time! So I thought it was a good time to recap whats been going on recently.
About two months ago, we left Wellington for a tour around the North Island. If you've been following our adventure this year you'll know we've mostly been concentrating on the South Island since we finished work, so we thought it was about time we became better acquainted with the island on which we've been living most of the year.
At this point, I have to admit, I was one of the many people who had a bias towards the South Island with all its mountains, glaciers, fjords, etc... But I was pleasantly surprised with the new things we saw in the North. We travelled around anti-clockwise, visiting huge colonies of Australian Gannets, great beaches, thousand year old trees, plenty of wineries - its a hard life!, beautiful rural landscapes, diving Poor Knights islands, and walking around an amazing active Volcanic island. We even met up with Gretchen's friends from the US - Julie and Jay, in Auckland.
After heading back to Wellington, we've been warming up for our multiple hikes in the December in the South Island, by tramping around and about Wellington. We start the Milford Track hike on the 30th of December, so not only will we be some of the first people to see in the new year as we're in NZ, but we'll be celebrating by hiking through some of the most beautiful scenery in NZ's Fjordland National Park.
We've even sorted out a chalet for Christmas in Nelson Lakes National Park, and will be celebrating with Julie and Jay! Christmas in the middle of summer will be an experience, although with temperatures of around 25C I'm sure we'll cope!
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