With an incredibly sophisticated network of well-maintained trails, campsites, and mountain huts all looked after by the Department of Conservation, New Zealand...
Our 5 weeks in New Zealand flew by far too quickly and I didn’t get to see half of the things I wanted to, yet I’ve still come away thinking that this is one of...
The wide angle lens on my camera comes in handy so often, but I was a bit regretful today that I didn't have anything with a bit of zoom so I could capture the ...
After a very unfortunate fiasco with the ferry tickets from North to South Island, wherein I mistook the 9am departure as 215pm and had us trotting around Welli...
After a tear-filled goodbye (me) with dad and Eileen at Arthur's Pass, Cal and I board a bus to Christchurch where we will fly to Auckland on New Zealand's Nort...
By now, I know better than to assume that any hike in NZ will be leisurely, but Avalanche Peak definitely sends me off to the North Island with an intense yearn...
The exhilarating family road trip around New Zealand continues as we make our way towards Okarito, the adorable little town where we will spend the next two nig...
It seems that no sooner are we back from one gruelling hike (in this case, Mueller Hut) than we are off on another. I woke up the first day after our Mt. Cook h...
If you know anything at all about New Zealand, chances are you've heard of Queenstown. Surrounded by beautiful alpine peaks perfect for skiing in the winter, be...
The hands-down most terrifying moment of my young life was standing on the edge of a small platform nearly 50m above a Gatorade-blue river in New Zealand and, d...
Cal and I made an agreement before we even got on the plane to New Zealand that we would do this terrifying Nevis Swing together (the world's largest swing!). T...
As we prepared for our trip around New Zealand and looked into the seemingly infinite number of incredible hikes on offer, the trek to Mueller Hut was an immedi...
When I first moved to Australia at the end of 2012, my parents promised that they'd visit when I finished my degree, and so, despite dad's claims that he hates ...
