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  • Rafting the Rangitata

    After a great weekend with the Colonel and Yo here in Christchurch (barbie + booze, farmers' market, England vs NZ ODI, curry, hill walking and fush n chups on the beach), time to cool off with a day's whitewater rafting. Rangitata Rafts is a couple of hours drive south, then inland towards the...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 02-27-2008

  • Waipara Valley Speed Shearing

    As far as we knew we were just going away for a weekend of wineries, camping and cheese in the Waipara Valley . Little did we realise that just over the road from the campsite was the Waipara Hotel Speed Shearing Contest. 18 seconds to shear a sheep? Not this one though... [youtube: http://www.youtube...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 12-09-2007

  • Kayaking The Abel Tasman National Park

    Last weekend was up there in the top 10 most amazing things I've done. I've waited 10 years to go to the Abel Tasman and it was well, well worth it . This is up in the north-west corner of NZ's South Island - we flew up to Nelson from Christchurch - only a 40 minute flight in another propeller...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 02-10-2007

  • Camping in the Waimakariri

    We went away camping last night just 40 minutes north-west of the city to an area known as Waimakariri. Try pronouncing that one then! After a very very long straight road that seemed to go on forever we arrived in the small town of Oxford , which for some reason or other had won the "most attractive...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 12-17-2006
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