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April 1, 2011

if lonely planet say 3 we say 1 ...

... or maybe I should rephrase that to Andrew says 1.  After reading Lonely Planet's South Island guide to Stewart Island, Andrew decided that we would do the Rakiura Walk in a day.  32 km forest / coastal walk through some gorgeous remote NZ landscape.  The only catch was we had to be back before the last ferry left at 6pm and in time to get tickets - hmmm - the challenge had been set!!! So at 6am we got home stuffed ourselves full of breakfast and were walking by 7am... 9 and a half hours later we trudge our way back into Oban with aching feet and tired legs, but pretty proud of ourselves, considering we not really hikers and have only done a handful of 10-15 km hikes over the last few weeks... happy tired campers!!!

before the sun was fully up!!
Beautiful Stewart Island Views

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