Tramping in New Zealand
If anyone is asking what "tramping" is, that's what most people in New Zealand (or Australia for that matter) refer to hiking or backpacking.
I take my Olympus XA3 on most of my tramps, its a great little compact film camera suitable for most situations and more importantly, its rugged. I will do a blog on these wonderful little cameras soon :)
In New Zealand we have many backcountry huts, and this is just one of hundreds spread across New Zealand.
Most of the small ones like this are free to stay at also, on a first come, first served basis. Most are used by hunters and were originally built for deerstalkers or other pest control purposes such as goat or possum control, etc.
Above: Puketutu Hut in the Kaimai Ranges, shot on my Olympus XA3 with E100g
Below: The view to the city of Tauranga from the entrance of the hut, shot on the same camera and film.
Here is another view of the same hut, we were drying our clothes out on the washing line that was there, as we got really wet up on the day before.
New Zealand is truly wonderful place for this kind of activity, and with the wide network of huts, it makes accommodation affordable, with most huts costing nothing to stay in, or usually only cost between $5 to $15 (NZD) a night for the majority of larger huts.
I will post more blogs with photos of some of our other huts in the area, so watch this space
This is why photography is one of my favorite categories!
It sure is a great category, do you see the thumbnail for this blog? For some reason its not showing at my end.
Well that is very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I need to travel and live.
So do I! Not that ive seen all that New Zealand has to offer yet either, but there are many places overseas i want to visit one day.
I have a few destinations on my to-do list. hiiiiigh on my list. Most of my travel time is spend on visiting my aging parents. I should revisit my work - vacation balance instead so I can take more time to travel.