Arriving to the Middle of Nowhere...Oz Edition Although we really enjoyed Melbourne, we were more than ready to experience a side of Victoria which took us “into the Outback” as we headed to the Southern Cross Train Station for our first overland adventure down under. Of course, we’d be schooled soon enough by our friends that we were merely in the…

Continue ReadingDown on the Dairy Farm in Northern Victoria, Australia

Doing the Hooker Valley Track gave us our first glimpse of the majestic Mt. Cook/Aoraki, but to truly soak in the beauty of New Zealand’s Southern Alps and the entire Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, you have to climb a mountain. Perched 1,800 meters (5,900 ft) up nearby Mt. Ollivier lies one of the most incredible alpine huts in the entire…

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