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Photos from Double Island near Noosa Australia

These photos are from a weekend camping trip I took with my roomate Chloe and her boyfriend Lauchie who grew up near Noosa. You have to take a ferry to the island and then drive down the beach to get to the peninsula where there are trails leading up to a light house and a beautiful view of the sea and Rainbow Beach. We saw big pods of dolphins, some sea turtles and went body surfing and boogie boarding all weekend.

Photos from Kaikoura New Zealand

Kaikoura

Kaikoura is a small little village nestled in between the mountains and the sea on the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand. It is a popular place for tourists to visit and go whale watching or swimming with dolphins and seals. I have a friend from home who has been living there for a year and so I got to meet all the locals and go surfing and camping in the mountains. The surfing was hard and I am not very good at it yet but I had fun simply floating around in the sea and watching dolphins play. Kaikoura is a beautiful and peaceful place.

My Bike Trip in New Zealand!

Over my Easter break from university I took a two week trip to New Zealand. I stayed in Kaikoura for a few days surfing and camping with a friend from home and then decided to take a little bike trip on my own. This was an amazing experience.

My bike trip in New Zealand began in Kaikoura on the South Island. I rented a mountain bike and rode over the Lewis Pass to the west coast, camping and enjoying the numerous hills along the way! I then rode from Murchinson to Charleston by way of the Buller River Gorge which was a beautiful scenic road down the river valley emptying out at the Tasman Sea. From Charleston I rode to Greymouth and then took a bus back to Kaikoura over Arthur's Pass. This was also a beautiful ride through the snow capped peaks and beautiful countryside of New Zealand.