First day of work on Urupukapuka Island
Sunrise at Urupukapuka
Herding sheep on Urupukapuka
The huge hill I climbed on Cape Brett
Group photo on the historical lighthouse at Cape Brett
Amazing view from the top of the hill
Me cleaning the signs in the snorkel trail
Fireworks in Auckland harbor, celebrating the day of the European settlement of the city
Then we went off on our first big expedition...First abseil down a 280-ft cliff.... while wearing a wetsuit!
Making my way through the cave... without touching the formations! I had these dorky white boots on... they were the only ones that fit!
Ducking through a tiny space under cold water in the cave..brrrr!
The beautiful shafts of light at the cave exit... the best part of being in the cave was seeing this light!
Group photo before we set out on our hiking expedition...
little did we know what we were in for....
little did we know what we were in for....
Making my way through the NZ bush... but always ready to stop for a photo op :)
Making my way across a river on a huge fallen tree... a disaster waiting to happen!
This is the supple jack that we had to climb through for about 6 hours....
My first day on cooking duty after the hiking...yuck.
Trying to be positive about the next day's hike! Clearly we are all exhausted though...
The amazing waterfall we found!
The beginning of gorging....
Gorging in action (thats me in the middle with the red sack tied to my pack)
Me and Audra working out how to climb these huge slippery rocks...
Second abseil... much easier, and shorter!
Killer end-of-day hike through hot dusty farmland... we are all just dying to make it to camp...
Then we made it!Our campsite on the farm land on day 3
Then we hit the river for some tubing!
Me drinking from a little waterfall as I went by on my tube!
Me drinking from a little waterfall as I went by on my tube!
Carrying our tubes along the shore where it was too shallow...
Me going through the rapids in my tube (I didn't fall off this time!)
Then we headed out in canoes (this is Margaret, front, and Piper, back) for our final day on the river!
Finally, we reached the Tasman Sea to end our adventure! (see the black sand in the lower left hand corner... so weird)
That's all for now! It has been great to spend some time relaxing here in Taupo, although I didn't get to parasail because of too much wind :( I am off on my next journey now, I'll have more updates next week!
xoxo, Katie
The pictures are AMAZING! I am enthralled with each of your adventures. It is so fun to "ride along" with you. Makes our little challenges in the office seem a bit wimpy....lol....Thanks for posting these to bring your earlier wonderful post to life!
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Hi KT: I have been watching the Australian Open this week and it is really hot - up
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the trains. So you will definitely be warming up!! Your trip sounds like Outward
Bound with a dash of Extreme Muscle Makeover. You are g great journalist! Love, Gma.
ps - in case you could not tell...that last post was from Grandma Streeter
ReplyDeleteHey Kates! Nice pix. and so easy to keep track of you during the week of fotos as you never changed clothes!!! I traced your travels on Google Earth and that last canoe to the Tasman sea must have been nice...especially the arrival. Love you, pop
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