Posts by Soon Lee
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These lovely pictures are making me want to go dig out the photos from our big South Island holiday to share.
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Lindis Pass.
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My recollection (correct me if I'm wrong as this was some years ago) is that you can still see the pancake rocks (though not all of it) from the wheelchair accessible parts.
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The Moeraki Boulders cafe up top is a tourist trap IMO but the boulders themselves (once we got to see them up close) were enjoyable.
We visited some years ago (2007?) as part of our South Island holiday*. We rocked up to the cafe parking lot, saw that a chunk of the parking area reserved for buses, then discovered that there was a fee to use their walkway down to the beach, decided sod this, and left for the DOC carpark instead. From there we did the ~5 minute walk along the beach to the boulders. I don't recall how wheelchair accessible the boulders are from the DOC carpark but it would have required rolling along the (potentially soft) sand to get to the boulders. The DOC page isn't altogether clear.
Unfortunately, most of our outdoor attractions are not wheelchair accessible but one I remember that was are the pancake rocks at Punakaiki which was definitely worth it.
*It was getting ridiculous as at that point we had seen more of Australia than the South Island. We spent about a month** starting with the Milford Track. It was glorious.
**Being away that long gave us the flexibility to stay extra nights if we felt inclined which we did at Fox Glacier & Kaiteriteri. We took the car with a tent in the boot so accommodation ranged from tenting to getting a holiday park cabin or a motel room when we got sick of being wet or roughing it.
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Not quite fully open.
(Haven't been to Rangitoto in a while. Yesterday was a good day for it) -
Volcanic (scoria that is, in the background).
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Still a decent amount of red visible on the island.
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From top of Rangitoto looking back to downtown Auckland.
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From this morning's walk: Pohutukawa & spider silk.
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The end of the pohutukawa season?
