Wanaka Dunedin

The south island is like a different country the the north island! The population is a lot less than half the people in the North Island! When arriving in Christchurch there were a lot of traffic cones and road works, closed roads and buildings and cornered off areas from the earthquake that happened two years ago. We had a walk through the …

Früh am Morgen ging es dann wieder weiter. Um nicht zu vielen Sandflies zum Opfer zu fallen, sind wir mit dem Auto bis vor die Toiletten gefahren. Da die Campsite mitten in der Wildnis liegt und noch nicht mal Strom hat, haben wir uns die Toiletten also auch mal bei Licht angesehen - und sind schnell geflohen. Über die SH 6 bis nach Wanaka. Dort …

We've spent the last couple of days in the city of Dunedin. The first night was spent in the ever popular 'Top 10', the rest of the time has been spent here at the 'Leith Valley Touring Park' right up in the hills. We moved after Sinead and Chicken got ...

... it with about a dozen american high school students. We also took a drive up to Signal Hill where we had views all over Dunedin. On Monday night Claire and I went out for dinner with Ryan and Nicola, afterwards I went round to say farewell to Clare, ...

... offering groups the chance to see the Yellow Eyed Penguins, one of the rarest of the seventeen species and native only to New Zealand. I partook in none. On that life-changing morning sailing back on those magical waters of Kaikoura - following the fun ...

... when you've seen the Milford Track waterfall extravaganza! Anyway, enough said! Catlins not great, so we moved on to Dunedin, where we found our favourite city in NZ. Much nicer than Christchurch, with lots of beautiful mid 19th century buildings ...

... , lots of dirt and sulphur, green unidentifieds and other lovely pseudo-flora which decided to make me its sherpa. My next stop after dunedin (school and exams will be over June 19) will be Wanaka - it's a very small town nearest to the Treble Cone ...

... can't find my Canadian friends, I think I scared them off with my dance off proposal, but I did meet up with a girl I met in Wanaka and was supposed to meet up with in Queenstown, but that didn't happen. Marlin (Munchkin) from Sweden. She's a riot. ...

... long)  Perfect for topping up the tan.! (not)  Weve had snow!  Its just like being back home in New Zealand! Arrived in Queenstown a few days after.  queenstown is one of my favourite places.  Its just like a ski ...

... I head further south it'll be much flatter. Dunedin is an old scottish settlement and is affectionately known as the edinburgh of New Zealand and they are actually proud of that - street names are the same - princes street is the main area, they have ...

... being almost refused entry to Australia, it seems that the Kiwis are quite keen on young professionals like Clare living in New Zealand - not sure why they wanted to keep me though?!?   Not much else happened in Christchurch - we ...

... another night at Aspen Lodge and stayed up late talking to a British couple who were travelling and looking for work in New Zealand. Monday, I relaxed in Queenstown having a look around the shops and lying on the lakeside beach, which, much like ...