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Heading as Far South as we can Go!

We’ve hit the northernmost point of New Zealand, way up at Cape Reinga, and so it was only fitting that we also reach the southernmost point. Eric had gotten a temporary job in Queenstown for a few weeks, and had a long weekend after the first job. This seemed like the perfect opportunity for us…
Temporary Jobs in New Zealand: Making Money for our Travels

It can’t be all play and no work, so we decided it was time to try to find a temporary job to help fund our time here in New Zealand. We have Working Holiday Visas, so that allows us to get jobs if we want to while we’re in the country. We both applied for…
New Zealand West Coast Round-Up

Now that we’ve covered the entirety of the west coast (and a little more), I want to take a little time to re-cap everything that we did, as well as add in our overall thoughts about the West Coast Region of New Zealand. The West Coast region reaches from Kahurangi Point in the north to…
Exploring Milford Sound: Boat Tours, Waterfalls, Wildlife

One of our absolute musts as we travel the South Island was to visit Milford Sound, or Piopiotahi. Milford Sound is not actually a sound, but if one of the fiords in Fiordland National Park. This is the only fiord in New Zealand that is accessible by road. We were greeted by Kea, which are…
Hiking to Lake Marian in Fiordland National Park

After our trek up Alex’s Knob days before, my calves were finally back to feeling normal, and we decided it was time for another serious hike, this time up to an alpine lake called Lake Marian. While shorter than Alex’s Knob, being only 3.8 mile s round trip, we had to climb over 1,500 feet…
Exploring Fox Glacier: Lake Matheson Walk & Peak View Lookout

After our long hike at Alex’s Knob the day before, neither of us were really in the mood for another long hike, and we continued our journey south to Fox Glacier., or Te Moeka o Tuawe as it is known by the Maori. Fox is larger than Franz Josef, and is over 13 kilometers (8.1…