Left Hokitika pretty damn early (ie: before 9am) and headed south towards Lake Mahinapua (home of fantastic flax-lined river paddling with Kutuku spotting) but unfortunately saw a sign advertising sailing there at 11am. Couldn’t be bothered battling with sail boats, so snapped some pics of the cool bridge instead. Mahinapua Bridge Next stop: Lake Ianthe. [...]

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Today we pushed on to Hokitika (the theory being to stop at places on the way back). Left Haast about 10ish and arrived at Lake Moeraki around 11:30. First paddle of the year! Actually, first paddle in about 18 months, but who’s counting. The lake “access” was pretty basic and off-putting for 2-wheel drive vehicles, [...]

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I took a few days off work (friday, monday, tuesday) so it’s time for a midsummer trip. No firm plans really, apart from taking kayaks: took off about 1pm and headed east, through Alex, Wanaka (for petrol), through the Haast Pass, finally arriving at Haast. Blazingly hot day with brilliant weather all the way, lots [...]

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After having no luck at all last time, I consulted Heavens Above to get the info for tonight’s pass of the ISS. From 12:40 to 12:45 it zoomed across and I managed to get an OK pic (exposure of just over 3 mins, due to trees blocking the beginning) which turned out OK once I [...]

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