Tongariro Northern Circuit 21st - 23rd March

The Tongariro National Park was the 1st park in NZ. It was given to the people by the local Maroi tribe for safe keeping due to it's spiritual importance. There are 3 large volcanoes and we walked up and around them for 3 days. This Great Walk is meant to have the best views in NZ. Unfortunately it rained for 3 days so no great views, but lots of atmosphere.




It's question time. The landscape here was recently used as the location for a blockbuster movie. What was the name of the movie and who is Caity pretending to be ? First correct answer gets a free magnum of champagne with their meal at Dr Bevan's 30th birthday in Sydney.




I've had a really short hair cut. The shortest it's been since I was born. We bought some clippers for 20 NZ$ and Caity cut almost all of my hair off. Down to a grade #4 which is half an inch long. This is the first photo of me ... looking like a convict. These are the Emerald Lakes by the way. They're near the top of Mt Ngauruahoe (NARA-HOE-EE). The clouds you can see in the background are actually plumes of steam coming out of the ground.


We were meant to walk for 4 days, but because the weather was so miserable we did it in 3. We bought a postcard of what the views were meant to look like. Thankfully at the end of the walk there was a really posh hotel with an underground pool and sauna for us to relax in.