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Dunedin motel review: how to ruin a disabled travelers trip in one easy step.

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 07/06/2022
  • Dunedin

I do not take pleasure in writing this review but quite frankly, it continues to piss me off how very disabled UNFRIENDLY the world is when all we want is ease of access to normal […]

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#232 The Ice Breaker challenge: my first ever Waka Ama race!

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 05/06/202205/06/2022
  • Dunedin
  • Video

Sheesh it was hard yakka! But, what’s bloody excellent weekend – my first ever Waka ama regatta and the result came down to just tenths of a second. Watch to find out what happened!

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#227 The Whakatipu Legend 5KM swim event RACE REPORT

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 26/03/2022
  • Local events

This is from the Whakatipu Legend website: their description of the race.. Legend has it that Hakitekura, the daughter of Tuwiriroa, a Katimore chief, was the first to swim across Lake Whakatipu. Now you can […]

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Disability access hotel review – Holiday Inn Queenstown Frankton Road

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 25/03/2022
  • Opinion
  • Video

THEIR DISABLED ACCESS IS ON POINT! If you know me, you’ll know I like to shout it from the rooftops if someone does disabled access badly.. and equally I like to tell the world if […]

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#226 W12 Waka – Lake Dunstan

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 05/03/202205/03/2022
  • Central Otago

I only decided last week to give Waka Ama a go! On the third visit I’m already on a weekend away and I’m on a long distance 20km paddle! They are already asking me if […]

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