My southern plans:
Flying to Blenheim on the 27th December (arriving 2 50pm)...(didn't have enough airpoints to make it to Nelson). Would be keen to get a ride to Golden Bay with Kieran, or Timmy/Craig Scott, or Amelia/ Regan...heard that you were going over that way too at that time
Stay with Terra/ on my patch of grass in Takaka...go tramping, climbing, swimming, kayaking, celebrate New Years, leave early Jan for down south when I can get a ride with someone or find a hitching partner.
I want to do some alpine tramping so.... to Mt Cook to visit Annabel and Andrea where could do e.g. Ball Pass/ or Copeland Pass etc to hot pools, then onto Mt Aspiring National Park (Keen to do 4-8 days but not the 9-10 days that Kieran is planning to the Olivine Ice Plateau as not enough time) or Ohau, Fiordland or somewhere (not too keen to do Stewart Is as I will hopefully be going there for work soon anyway...and i want mountains!)
Then I will go back to Marlborough Sounds around the 12th-16th Jan to meet up with my family, then go to Golden Bay with family until the 26th-ish. Then back down South were I could do more tramping or visiting relatives around Christchurch until I fly our from there on the 3rd of Feb back to Wellington.
I haven't got any accommodation or transport arranged (decided that I shouldn't get my dad to take my car across on the ferry), apart from Golden Bay...and everything is flexible apart from the flights!
Looking forward to trying to make people's plans fit together!
Soph