When we finished our trip down the west coast, we stopped briefly at the town of Haast, which one of our guidebooks described as the middle of nowhere. It definitely felt pretty remote with only a few farms along the dead end road further down the coast. We chose to avoid the detour and head …
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Getting wet in the Buller River and the West Coast
After leaving Abel Tasman we drove south to the former gold mining settlement at Lyell for an overnight stop and a chance to plan our route over the next few days. We had five days before we needed to be in Queenstown and various sights and activities along our route. One adrenaline activity neither of …
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