Bush Walk Bed & Breakfast Homestay
Travel Blogs from Nelson
Kiwi spotting on Halloween
... that on this leg I have added eight New Zealand birds, seven trip birds, and seven lifers In addition to those mentioned, sightings include Cape Barren Goose, Rifleman, Weka, Kea (messing with our car, of course), and Grey Gerygone. I am so glad that I printed off the report from the 2009 Field Guides trip here. When we are in the area of trails where they have seen new birds, I sometimes hit the trail and Ann paints. I am not getting the really ...
Getting the airmiles
... moonwalk - first crawling forward and then reversing ! Quite a sight.
Pohara and Tanaka (?) - sleepy hippy/farming town and not far from golden bay - so called because of the shallow golden beaches - we're getting comfortable in the van now and used to cooking eating and sleeping...James has managed to coat the bench seats in a combination of jam, peanut butter, milk, snot and hummus.
We dropped a ...
Wellington ->Ferry ->Kaiteriteri
... the service to transfer their cars, or perhaps on camper van, or maybe they had a fear of flying or something...It definitely seems as though the majority of the Kiwi nationals use the very good value and efficient domestic air service and I would have flown back up to Auckland from Christchurch were it not for the fact that I have plenty of time. I shall therefore be sitting on the back of the bus for the duration of the round-trip back up to Auckland. After our on-time arrival ...
Last day of freedom (for a week or two)
With a day to shake off the tired-kayak arms before heading back to Picton I spent a leisurely day in Nelson, known as one of the sunniest spots of the South Island for its long sunshine hours and general good weather.
After a late breakfast people watching in the sunshine I ambled along the streets, and somehow found myself in a vintage store. Sometime later, and a new dress in tow (opps) I got back out in to the ...
Campen am Lake Rotoito
... kaufte ich mir im $ 2,00 Shop. Für insgesamt $ 8,00 bekam ich die Kopflampe ($ 4,00), Batterien ($ 2,00) und eine Kassette für mein Autoradio, damit ich meinen MP3 Player anschließen kann($ 2,00).
Einen letzten Stopp machte ich danach nur noch im DOC Office. Hier bekam ich umsonst einen Campingplatz Broschüre mit allen Campingplätzen auf der Südinsel.
Vollausgestattet verließ ich um 11:15 Uhr Motueka. Das Radio spielte. Mir wurde ...
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- Free parking