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Cheviot
Travel Blogs from Cheviot, New Zealand
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Whale Watching
This is a top pick! Kiakoura is a small coastal town that has grown larger in recent years because of the quality of its Whale Watching. There is a deep sea canyon close to shore which is an excellent feeding ground for many of the great whales so boats do not have to go ...
Quick Bungy, Then On the Road Again
Hi, I'm Adam, another guest blogger. You’ll probably recognize me from the Sydney, Melbourne, and previous New Zealand blogs where anything embarrassing that happened probably happened to me. I’m a consultant and only work with ...
Hot as hell
... which will surprise no one who knows me well. Eventually we dragged our bikes upright and ourselves onward to make it to Cheviot. We camped in a rather eccentric camp ground/motel/hotel. The camp included; a group of train drivers on holiday ...
Crime authors and whales: quite a contrast
... is her detective & most of the books are set in the UK. Potted history: Mr Marsh (pere) moved from London to Christchurch, New Zealand where he met the future Mrs Marsh. They married and produced Edith Ngaio Marsh, an only child. In 1907 the family ...
Dolphins, Horse Treks and one little Vineyard
As predicted by our various "travel advisors", Kaikora was really awesome. Details to follow soon. Pictures in mean ...
Kiakoura
I loved the tranquil Kiakoura so much that I decided to stay an extra night. I met up with Ciaran & Elaine who have been in NZ for almost 10 months now (I think!). I went to college with Ciaran. Went swimming with dolphins which was great. The boat took ...
Cheviot
... to the trailer positioned in the sheep field above the beach, everything went smooth, good as gold! We rounded out our stay in Cheviot with visiting Ellis' dad's alpaca herd and eating plums, about 3 kg of them. 9 little plums in my mouth, 9 little ...
Rolling Around in a Wave with a Kayak
... knew we were going under, so I grabbed onto my glasses. But I did lose one flip flop (or jandal as they call them in New Zealand), and Carsten and I tried to get it. However, every time a wave came, it not only pounded us, but moved my jandal ...
Gore Blimey Gov'
... water as there's always hope Shamu the whale, or someone similar, might jump out at any moment. We turned off the road at Cheviot towards Gore Bay with fingers crossed that a campsite does in fact exist here and that its not just a figment of the map's ...
sweetest camping spot ever.
... the Tasman Sea! This island is small! P.S. there are lots of sheep in New Zealand. There are actually millions upon millions of sheep in New Zealand. I just thought you should know this, since I did not know that sheep are so plentiful in New Zealand. ...
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