Tag: World Heritage Site
Weekend in the Top End
Posted: April 30th, 2011 by Scott
Over easter weekend we headed up to the “Top End” of Australia to celebrate our friend Matt’s 30th birthday. After taking a red-eye flight, we arrived at 6am, picked up our 4wd rental cars and headed out to Litchfield National Park. One of the features in the park is huge termite mounds. There […]
Fox Glacier Hike
Posted: February 27th, 2011 by Courtney
One of the things I really wanted to do in New Zealand was a glacier walk. So after a mellow night in Wanaka, we drove over the Haast Pass to the West Coast. The Westland National Park is home to two glaciers that you can hike with guides, Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier. We […]
Fiordland National Park
Posted: February 27th, 2011 by Scott
After Queenstown we drove to the Fiordland National Park, which is a series of fiords on the southwest of the south island. The most famous is Milford Sound (its really a fiord). After spending a night in Te Anau, the closest town to the National Park, we set off down Milford Road to the Sound. […]