Finalised map for NZ trip

Day 20 Nelson Market , Nelson Lake, Okains Bay Akaroa

Day 19 Kaiteriteri Kayak Astrolable Explorer, Nelson

8hr trip
camp close to nelson

 

Day 18 Nelson Cable Bay walkway, Nelson Prov Museum

Cable Bay walkaway (14k, 7hr return)
Nelson Provincial Museum (10-5, $5)
Marble Hill Resort

 

Day 17 Blenheim, Picton, Havelock, Nelson

Picton: snout track, portage drive, queen charlotte drive
Perorus Bridge trail? (7k 2h)

Day 16 Mt John Walkway, Christchurch, Kaikoura, Okiwi Bay

Mt John Walkway (8k, 2.5h)
Kaikoura Point Kean viewpoint, seal colony

Day 15 Hooker Valley Track, Kea Point, Tasman Glacier, Lake Tekapo

Dunedin

Abatross breeding area at Otago Peninsula
Sunrise at east coast

Tunnel Beach

Sunrise
massive sandstone boulders and mysterious graffiti carved into the cliffs.
Best visited at low tide (0912 25/1)
20 minute walk downhill from the car park on Tunnel Beach Road through private farm land takes you to a magnificent sandstone sea arch and man-made tunnel to the secluded beach with fossil filled cliffs on all sides.

http://www.tidetablechart.com/tides/hightide_lowtide/62801/Tunnel%20Beach

Aramoana Beach and the Mole (breakwater)

Swimming beach
This beautiful white sandy beach is split by the Mole, a long breakwater stretching out into the harbour entrance
Walk when the seas are big
Watch the albatrosses swooping into Taiaroa Head on the other side the harbour.
There is a track and boardwalk that takes you through the tidal salt marshes and huge sandhill down the northern end of the beach. The settlement is full of classic kiwiana cribs.
Night sky photograph

Blueskin Bay & Doctors Point

Abundant with littleneck clams / cockles
Gather a few at low tide, cooking them

St Kilda Beach, St Clair Beach & Hot Salt Water pool

Swimming beach
$6.7 Adult/ $4 Concession
M-F 6-19, S&S 7-19

Sandymount circuit & Sandfly Bay / Lover's Leap

Viewpoint: 15 min
Sandymount circuit: 1 hr return
Sandymount summit: 10 min
Sandymount to Sandfly Bay: 1.5hr return

Sea lion spotting

exposed coastal site.
Be careful of the ongaonga (stinging nettle)
Don't leave valuables in your car, as there have been break-ins.

Heyward Point (Aramoana Beach)

2hr, 6km

Mount Cargill Walk

8km, 3hr, steep
Good weather walk only

Otago Museum

(419 Great King St)
10-17, free
History of Pacific isd & Maori culture

University of Otago

Clock tower next to river

Taieri Gorge Railway

4.5hr trip $115

Day 14 Alexandra, Clay Cliff, Benmore trek, Lake Pukaki, Aoraki Mt Cook Red Tarns

Clay Cliff - view point
Benmore trek (4k, 1.5h)
Red Tarns track (2h, 2.4k)

Whitehorse Hill campground (first come first serve)
https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/canterbury/places/aoraki-mount-cook-national-park/things-to-do/white-horse-hill-campground/

Day 13 Tunnel Beach, Mt Cargill Walk, Aramoana, Sandfly Bay, St Kilda Beach

Mt Cargill Walk (8k, 3h)
Sandfly Bay Walk (1h + 1.5h), 9k

 

Day 12 Nugget Point, Dunedin, Doctor's Point Blueskin Bay, Warrington Reserve

Nugget Point 20+20min walk
Dunedin (town, museum, railway stn)
Blueskin Bay / Doctor's Point
Warrington Reserve

 

Day 11 Cathedral Caves, Purakaunui Falls Walk, Kuramea Lodge

Cathedra Caves (low tide)
Purakaunui Falls Walk (20min)

 

Day 10 Mossburn, Invercargill, McLean falls, Papatowai

Mc Lean Falls 40min
Papatowai camp

 

Day 9 Te Anau - Mt Luxmore Kepler Track, Mossburn country park

Kepler Track Mt Luxmore session
(30km return, 13hr)

 

Day 8 Lake Gunn, Mirror Lake, Te Anau

Lake Gunn Nature Walk, 1.4k, 45min
Mirror Lake, 10min