Marlborough Sounds Travel Blogs

Anakiwa is at the far end of the Queen Charlotte Sound called the Grove Arm because it branches off from the main channel. There is a large Outward Bound School situated here, where young people come to try new things and to learn just what they are capable of, They learn to row small and large bo…

*****DAY TWENTY-SIX CONT.(Sunday, December 28, 2008) - DRIVING OUT TO ELAINE BAY***** So then I was off!!!  I was heading out to Elaine Bay in the Malborough Sounds to see Joy Oakly & her family.  Joy is Brett Lamb's (of Fleet Feet fame) aunt & he connected us.  The ride out…

Had a great day today at our place in the Sound. Waking up late after the long drive the day before we had a lovely walk along the lakeside to the nearby farm and then up the hill for some better views .After lunch we just relaxed by the lake side, I found a guitar and played it in the sunshine be…

on what i've been doing:-took the ferry from wellington to picton-approached some likely-looking folks (hippies!!) on board and asked if they were going to canaan downs. they were.-with that approach, i met al, dan and su, some really shiny people.-the ferry ride was BEAUTIFUL! we took the 7pm ferr…

me and lanni, thats alanna to you took a trip, a wild ride if you will and spent 3 months in New Zealand and a short time in tahiti. We kicked it like taibo and spent 3 weeks in a rugby van. It was pretty great

Hmm... beautiful and peaceful. Still, I don't know if the cost of the boat excursion was worth it. But maybe I just chose the wrong one? My brother came to visit, and we went on a loop. Out of Chch, up to Marlborough Sounds, cut across to Westport, Punakaiki and the West Coast, then back to Chch vi…