Milton, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Sea lions...
Sep 24, 2005 (10 photos)

... I spoke at length with a slightly stroppy advisor in the Information Centre about my options regarding the 'forgotten corner of New Zealand.' I considered hitch hiking from place to place, but quite frankly I couldn't be bothered to go through with it, ...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Apr 29, 2006

Wow it's been awhile. Not sure why, in some ways I think this think backfires, one loses most personal contact and never finds out about people back home. Oh well. Anyways this is going to be short for reasons that will become apparent in a moment. The ...

New Zealand
Nov 8, 2005 (23 photos)

Later

The South Island - Milford to Milton
Aug 21, 2009 (34 photos)

... Invercargill.  I think we actually saw about 2 cars in the first couple of hours of driving! and probably about 1000 sheep! New Zealand is mad! Invercargill seemed to be a lot more built up than some of the other cities we had been to, but there wasn ...

What the Cook
Mar 1, 2006 (2 photos)

Just as yesterday was beautiful, today is really bad. We drove up to Mount Cook, but the hundred km per hour winds and rain blew us back to over to Lake Tapeka, which gave Cynthia one last chance to frog march us both up one final mountain.

Southern and Scenic
Jan 29, 2007 (16 photos)

They thought it through when they named it the southern scenic route, there were a lot of stops to make.  First one was Purakaunui Falls back along the road we'd travelled to the campsite.  A tiered waterfall which made a good spot for some ...

Milton
Sep 1, 2007 (4 photos)

Ueber Milton gibt es nicht viel spannendes zu berichten. Fuer uns ist es ein Stopover auf unserem Rueckweg nach Norden.

End of Tramping
Feb 19, 2008 (3 photos)

... the beach, the wind flapping and tearing at our tent all night long. A beautiful, wild spot. Last night we stayed in Milton with friends we met in Collingwood--the ones who were in on the scalloping--and this morning headed north to Christchurch. Tomorrow we  ...

The Chess Master vs. The Arrogant Doofus
Dec 21, 2009 (1 photos)

... stream of consciousness and goes all over the place. He told me about his tribe, which was the first group of Maori to settle New Zealand. He also told me their creation legend, as well as some of their rituals. He said that if I eve planned on passing my ...

Curio Bay to Mt. Stuart
Feb 15, 2007 (10 photos)

After our romp with the dolphins we went to a forest that was over 180 million years old. There were no leaves and everything was made of stone actually. The ancient forest was petrified by being covered by volcanic mudslides for thousands of years. ...

Sustainable? Maybe.
Dec 22, 2009 (3 photos)

It's hard to believe it is almost Christmas. there are adverts everywhere for things to buy and "Merry Christmas" is always the parting phrase. It feels so wrong at this point of the year because the sun is shining, the days are long, and snow is only ...

Learning Maori in Milton
Dec 20, 2009 (5 photos)

After one more day/night in Dunedin, I've found my way to Milton, to the home of Jack and Debbie, my new wwoof hosts. Based on little other than first impressions, I get the feeling that this will be a good stop. Jack and his dog Jess met me in the small ...