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Cromwell Slideshow
Cromwell
Travel Blogs from Cromwell, New Zealand
Adios 2004
This is a top pick! ... to Stewart Island to build tracks. Either way I go, I only plan on working for about a month. I arrived Monday night in Cromwell. I stayed on a farm which the owners have plans to make self sufficient. All kinds of grapes for white wine, cherries, ...
A Jumping Pillow
This is a top pick! ... two but the weather was so crap it didn't seem worth it. We did an about turn and drove on till dark and ended up in Cromwell. In the morning just before we were about to head off Kevin called me outside and said he had a surprise for me. I wasn’t ...
Over Lindis Pass The Right Way
This is a top pick! ... had bad news however – it had closed down. Never mind - we got back on the bikes and flew through the 18 miles to Cromwell in 1 hr and 20 mins. The thought of another Top 10 Campsite waiting for us kept the wheels turning and when we arrived it was ...
Exploring farm stays and laboring in fruit packing
This is a top pick! It's been a long time since my last entry so here we go with a update. My last farm stay was in the beautiful Takamatua Valley on the Banks Peninsula where I stayed with Mike and Georgie. Here, I worked with Mike in the garden, went for walks to Akaroa, ...
Cromwell Hourse races
... site does not like Hebrew I found the need to write in English, sorry for all Hebrew readers. I've been to the races in Cromwell that was a lovely day even with the rain and the bad weather. I watch some races with my friends from work and had fun. ...
The Kerry Trio arrive for shenagians!!
So Joleen, Vivienne and Jonathan (viv's bro) arrived down to cromwell... Joleen just for a hollier for a cupla weeks, and viv and jonathan arrived down to start workin with the resta us here in cromwell.. Of course we had to have a few ...
revisiting cromwell
So decided to stop off and visit a few mates in cromwell on my way back up through there.. So called into the pub and had a few pints with somea the staff there that used to know and then caught up with some other mates too and crashed there for the ...
Happy Birthday Mel!!
... Also caught up with marc (my brother) whilst there which was good, and then after a big feed we hit the road again for cromwell.. Back home, a quick shower and it was up to the vic to meet up with the resta the crew that were already there and ...
A visit to The Vic
So a lotta people woke up a bit hungover today... Joint decision was go to the pub and cure it..!! We headed up the main road on foot, and stopped into a fruit and cidery place.. they done fresh juices and homemade icecreams... now it might have been ...
Working once more
Right so got sorted with work again.. not all 8 of us work together anymore thou.. 6 with one company and 2 with another.. Grand thou, hourly pay for vineyard work.. also gettn some travel expenses - happy days!! Anyway, theres a cupla picts of ...
Tattoo and Piercing Show in The Vic!
... to get new piercings, al was in two minds about a tattoo, but in the end, mel got her tongue pierced, and i got a new eyebrow piercing! Happy days!! After getting it done, i did my usual blackout for a little bit, but was delighted all the ...
Cromwell for New Year's Eve
... only 8:30, we opt for some spa time, and I take a nap, planning to get up later for whatever passes for New Year's festivities in Cromwell. Scott makes for the bar, where he makes friends and meets many of the folks that are here for a wedding reception, ...
Random Walk
So after work went on a random walk around the backroads of Cromwell.. went up into the mountains northwest of where we stay in the chalets.. Was approaching dusk, so was lovely colour wise in the sky, but meant could only buzz around for maybe an ...
Snowy Times
Went to work and about 12.30 we got sent off home as it was snowing buckets!! Shitloads of it fell in fa time..!! Deadly.. And so began the start of a 4 day weekend! :-) Wernt able to work in the amount of snow that'd fallen.. no ...
Some card games and a few quiet drinks at home
So a quiet friday night in entails a lota games of cards and a few drinks to go with it.... couse it doesnt stay quiet but it was a good night! The friday was a night in coz the day to follow was going to be a big session at the local vic, where a ...
I go riding on my bike
... . into my bursting panniers I left my friends who where catching a shuttle to Dunedin and flying back to Wellington, while I cycled on to Cromwell. We are going to keep in touch and I very much hope I'll be able to do more walking/biking with them. They ...
No wine no shine
... of the right direction to head in, we decided to head as far south as possible before dark and we wearily pulled up at Cromwell in Central Otago a couple of hours later, the plan being that in the worst case scenario we could spend the day 'looking ...
Omarama to Cromwell
... of putrid air while struggling up a mountain on a bike is not much fun. In spite of what the books say about cycling in New Zealand the views do not make it any less painful!! That said I felt like could cycle anything after getting up the pass in one ...
Manapouri to Cromwell
... need? This is known as one of the great NZ walks and its easy to see why. After the walk we head off via Queenstown to Cromwell where, we arrive rather late and, rather than search out a campsite, we camp in the car park in the centre of town. In the ...
Minus 7 at work??!
So it was a poxyily cold day at work and the frost in the air just froze to everything in sight.. Even carmels hair got frosted... Turned into the ice queen for a small while!! Thank fuk the jax was about a half hour walk roundtrip.. meself and the ...
Central Otago Wine Tasting
... away from our campsite. When we went to Cromwell town for some practicalities we found a great kayaking opportunity; I kayaked from Old Cromwell to the campsite in Bannockburn. It took an hour of hard work but was fun. The rest of our time was ...
The changing skys of Cromwell
As the title seys,.... the changing skys. Loved the changability of the sky today - and seen as was at work and not acturally all to arsed doing too much... I took a few picts!! ...
Historic goldfield town
The town of Bendigo is briefly mentioned in Lonely Planet and very difficult to find in a map. Hence, we managed to find the road to the town after the third attempt only. Bendigo no longer exists and only remains as ruins of the 1875-1914 gold rush ...
And now back to work Agi & Rudi!!
... find out more details about the job. Before signing the contract, Jane, a very masculine office manager, enters our details on New Zealand’s Immigration Website to check if our Working Holiday visas are valid. It turns out that Rudi’s visa ...
Caught a Fish
... a weekly tourist market and fishing rivers and vineyards and orchards. It was very nice and was one of our favorite places in New Zealand even though we spent very little time there. On the way to Queenstown we passed through Garston whose claim to ...
Getting Started...Clyde - Ophir
So I landed into Clyde at about 1pm, and met Neville from Trail Journeys. These blokes are just the best - a great fleet of new mountain bikes and panniers and all the kit. Some last advice from Nev and I headed off... ...150kms to be covered ...
Cromwell
... 2 Wochen Cromwell kann ich mich wieder auf mein bepacktes Fahrrad schwingen und nach Dunedin radeln. Die Zeit war schoen, doch klein Cromwell kann irgendwann mal langweilig werden. Die 2 Wochen die ich hier war hat es nicht ein einziges Mal geregnet. Die ...
Central Otago
... ich habe unterwegs viele Rennradfahrer getroffen, die den sonnigen Feiertag "Anniversary Otago" nutzten, um ihre Raeder auszufuehren. Cromwell liegt in Central Otago und die Landschaft sieht wieder ganz anders aus. Flache Flaechen bebaut mit Weinstoecken ...
