A 30 minute walk of around 1km. Suitable for people of all abilities, and for wheelchairs, buggies and strollers. From swamp forest to windswept sand dunes, these two short walks will give you give a real taste of the wild West Coast. Enjoy magnificent photo opportunities of a dune lake, sweeping coastline, forest plants and wildlife.
The walk is signposted on State Highway 6 as you head along the West Coast towards or from Haast.
Are you not exercising? Are you struggling with your health and fitness? Are you limiting your life because of your fitness? Does your fitness make you feel disappointed or guilty? Have you given up even trying because you think you will fail? Does this area of your life make you feel embarrassed? Have you just accepted that you will always be unfit? Get up to Five is an 8 week group training programme with 3 x group sessions each week. The coaching team guides you through each session as you follow the Get up to Five programme.
Gone are the days of old-school scales, calipers, tape measure and guesswork as a means of comparing and tracking your health and fitness progress. Using a combination of precision instrumentation and technology, as seen on the award winning TV3 show MATCHFIT, they can help you gain a high quality and complete understanding of all aspects of your health and fitness inside and out.
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