Kiwi Nomad's Wanderings

 I knew thatI wanted to cycle some of the Clutha Gold Trail, and wasn’t sure where to camp.A friend recommended Millers’ Flat, which had tracks upstream and downstreamfrom there. So I did, and what a great place it was. I was given a perfect spotfor...

 I have beenon this track at least five times now- and only once before had the clear viewsthat I was so grateful to experience this day. But this day had a combinationof early mist and later clear skies that was absolutely magical.
From thecamping ground at Glentanner, I could tell that the top of Aoraki was allclear, but a wide band of cloud was at the base. I drove towards the mountain,in clear skies at first, but then in heavy mist. I started the walk hopefulthat things would...

After theprevious day’s longish ride along the Tekapo Canal, I was quite glad to choosea shorter one next- the return trip along the Lake Pukaki Foreshore Trail.
When Ireached the first lookout over the lake, on the highway from Tekapo, it wastime to turn off down Hayman Rd, where after a km was the sign for a smallcarpark for the foreshore trail....

 The cycling part of my holiday has begun. I cycled along part of the Tekapo part of the Alps to Ocean journey, starting down along the Canal road where cars were excluded. This route was partly gravel and partly sealed, and I had a 20km trip down until...