Not having been tramping ALL TERM I needed to get out, and had a few criteria: – 3 days+ – Not busy – Must have huts – Loop track so I don’t need to be picked up After reading about a few tracks I decided on the loop from Styx River, around Lathrop and Zit [...]
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Styx River – Lathrop Saddle – Kokatahi – Zit Saddle – Cedar Flat Tramp
Posted by dkendon on April 13, 2012
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Blackball Easter Fair
Yay! Easter! After spending Good Friday making hot cross buns and listening to Handel’s Messiah I took a trip to Blackball on Saturday. They had their annual Easter Fair at the Community Hall. This reminded me a great deal of playcentre fundraisers in the 1980s, except that the men were mostly wearing leather waistcoats, and [...]
Posted by dkendon on April 12, 2012
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Hokitika Wild Food Festival
I’ll get to the point straight away: IT’S A RIP! The street markets start about 9am and have the usual NZ market mix of craft and foods. I bought a rather nice salami for $25. I also bought a small badge with a picture of John Key holding Moonbeam the kitten. The vendor then tried [...]
Posted by dkendon on March 11, 2012
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A Weekend in Greymouth
Unlike the rest of the country Greymouth has had excellent weather this weekend – it really made some community events even better. One was the annual Art in the Park show at Shantytown. Shantytown itself is a bit cheesy (speaking as a qualified historian), but a nice enough place to spend an afternoon. They had [...]
Posted by dkendon on March 4, 2012
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The Final Review
182 days, 16 countries – how does everything compare? Best Country Difficult. Germany was great – historic sites, varied subcultures, cool shopping, former communist and Nazi remains, Trabis, the people are friendly and helpful, most people speak English, good food, and good accommodation. But Britain was similarly cool, had extraordinarily beautiful villages, good and cheap [...]
Posted by dkendon on December 24, 2011
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