Mike Yardley is a full-time travel editor/writer and broadcaster, providing ten newspapers and Newstalk ZB, with weekly and fortnightly travel articles and content.
Mike visited the West Coast at the end of February on a famil with a focus on great walks in the Franz Josef and Haast regions and the Haast Pass Highway. Mike spent two days on the West Coast completing walks such as Lake Wombat, Callery Gorge, Lake Matheson, Peter's Pool, Ship Creek, Thunder Creek Falls and Roaring Billy Falls. He experienced stays at Te Waonui Forest Retreat and Haast River Motels & Holiday Park as well as the Waiatoto River Safari.
Mike will write two feature articles about his trip to be published across the NZME network and his trip will also feature in his Saturday Morning Show on Newstalk ZB. The articles will go live soon so keep an eye out!