Godley Beach Park Tramp

Hello!

This Saturday we went on a tramp along Godley Beach Park:

Location - click

This time I used my GPS to track our route, this was the result:

If you want the GSP file to open on Google Earth send me an e-mail

We walked for 5 hours and 20 min, a total of 14.8Km. We reached a maximum altitude of 240m, not much.

Taylors Mistake Beach

After the beach:

Our lunch break by the sea:

Some stretches

And some of the landscape:

And on our way back:

Today I'm a bit lazy for words...

Bye =)

The Riccarton Market

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This Sunday we went to the Riccarton Market, held every Sunday on 146 Racecourse Road - Christchurch.

They were selling all kinds of used things, tools, toys, furniture, etc... And also food and vegetables:

Jesper almost bought a bush sword

The vegetables were actually cheaper than the supermarket ones.

Kenta and I went axe throwing:

I did hit the target, eventually...

Kenta was really got at it, me... Not so much. That was my best shot, I had a lot of misses.

See ya.

Mt. Hutt

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It's skiing time!

Mt. Hutt Ski Resort - Location: click

This Saturday we went on a snow trip to Mt. Hutt.

We woke up at 6am and were picked up at our place.

On our way there.

After one and a half hour's drive we arrived at Mt. Hutt.

Waitting for our passes

Gear rental

View from the lift

The beginners, Richie, Danial, and I, went for a level 1 lesson on the beginners area. We learned just the basics like stopping and slow turning. I had to learn how to do large S turns on my own on the track, a recipe for lots of falls.

Danial mid lesson

After the two hour long lesson we had lunch. A simple BBQ:

And a little rest as well.

While we were waiting for the BBQ we went for a little walk around the car park. And we found a familiar face:

The mighty Kea

Having fun destroying people's cars:

They just destroy for fun

And the view from the car park:

The Canterbury plains

Danial and Yeonju

After lunch we went skiing again, this time on our own.

A video, like usual:

Everyone tired on our way back:

Bye!

Horse Trek

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This Sunday we went on a horse trek with Icelandic Horse Treks, to the North-east of Christchurch.

Our starting point: Maps

The little car we rented to get there

Icelandic Horses, short but strong:

And a small video:

Not much more than this, it's really difficult to take pictures riding a horse you know...

Bye.

Lake Tekapo

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This Friday we went to Lake Tekapo, home to the Tekapo Hot Springs and the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve.

Waiting for the sunrise - Saturday morning. Location click

We picked up the car Friday afternoon around 3 pm and we started our drive to Lake Tekapo, 3 hours away:

Setting up the GPS

We arrived after nightfall and had dinner:

After dinner we decided what to do the next day (video):

Waiting for the sunrise behind the mountains:

And went for a little walk along the shore:

We then went to the Hot Springs and after that we came back. I don't have any photos from the Hot Springs, it wasn't convenient to bring the camera with me.

Bye!