Hang gliding - what's the difference between para gliding and Hang gliding and which is best. Well not many pilots do both, and it seems that more people do paragliding these days than hang gliding. The benefits being that you can pack up your kit in a huge ruck sack (we thought they were display rucksacks looking at them in the shop) and walk up a hill and jump off. You are sitting in a paraglide where as a hang glider you are duly suspended by a harness and a c...

We did it - to coin a phrase from LM. Off we set with our sleeping bags and food for 2.5 days - girls carrying their own stuff - CT & I carrying the rest and we walked total of 22km in all weathers - rain, wind, sun to the Routeburn Hut at 1000m - Falls. LM managed to walk 6k the first day. We tried out the packet food you see in Millets - yes it is horrible! More update from girls later.

Absolutely FAB. We took 2 days and 4 attempts to find the way up to the bottom of the Glacier which is suitably hidden so that only guided walks can get there - no sign posts and very hidden paths using ropes as it is so steep. Fed up after the first day of abortive routes, we took a helicopter trip up to Fox and round to Franz Josef landing at Fox for 10 minutes. You would have thought we'd never seen snow before the way we danced around at the top - but it...

Recommended by Sue we made our way to Bellingen YHA which had a superb view out over the valley of the river. V laid back hostel with another resident family who stay for free in return for cleaning and laundry! (There was one also at Coffs Harbour). Today's adventure was tubing down the river Off we went in wet suits and 5 rubber rings - (Little Mate) LM his own and I was convinced he wouldn't be able to go by himself. The guys at the hostel looked at us wear...

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