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Doubtful Sound cruise

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I didn't sleep that much on the night prior to my Doubtful Sound cruise - the rain kept me awake! When I eventually rose at 7am, I looked out of the window and couldn't see the lake or mountains for mist and thick clouds. I wasn't too dispondent though, ...

Back to New Zealand!

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... back pack and the locals! I had an hour to kill so I spent the last of my change on sweets, converted my notes back to New Zealand Dollars, and read a free magazine I'd picked up on the way out of the hostel. Not only did this magazine have an article on ...

West Side

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Hundreds of k's later I'm in Greymouth. I stopped in Te Anau a few nights back to say my goodbyes and also got two Christmas cards because IEP forgot to cut off my mail. I headed to Queenstown for what I thought would be about three days, but ended ...

Te Anau Life

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I woke up this morning around 9:30 and my bed was shaking. I thought someone was messing with me, but then I realized they'd have to be shaking the Nunnery. I decided to wait for the after shocks, but sleep was too comfortable and I only experienced ...

Moving on...

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Today is my final day in Mount Maunganui, and what a special day it is after the birth of my oldest brother and sister-in-law's first child. It is strange being on the opposite side of the world right now, but I am so happy that everything has turned out ...

A very Kiwi Christmas

A travel blog entry by fyrelizard

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After a leisurely morning opening presents with Mum, Dad and Rick, we set off to Sumner Beach to carry on the Christmas festivities in traditional Antipodean style. We were armed with disposable barbies, although I managed to leave behind the ...

Three-eyed beasts

A travel blog entry by fyrelizard

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... the beach, occasionally peering at us through watery eyes. We then braved the wind at Slope Point, the most southerly point in New Zealand, and almost equidistant between the Equator and the South Pole. It is the home of New Zealand's most southerly ...

Scary Carpets

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The four of us leave Vikki's and make our way to Whitianga where New Zealand's founding treaty between Maori chiefs and European settlers was signed. (Quite apt due to the circumstances, we thought.) Mark, being a Kiwi, gets in for free. (positive ...

Exploring the Catlins

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After watching a couple of seals playing in the waves outside our bach, we packed up the car and drove east through the Catlins. We reached Cathedral Cave by late morning to catch low tide; the only time that the cave is accessible. The cave was a right ...

Wellington

A travel blog entry by kimandrob

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Leaving Nelson we made the picturesque journey to Picton along the Queen Charlotte Drive in time for our afternoon crossing to North Island. Despite the bright sunshine and calm weather, the Cook Straits still provided a little stomach-turning swell to ...

Palmerston North

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A little short of time, we bundled Steph straight up into Oscar and hit northbound Highway 1. By the time we had exchanged stories of the past 6 months, the sun had set so we decided to make an overnight stop in the ...

Fox Glacier

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The abundance of snow made the famous drive from Wanaka through the Haast Pass to the West Coast a winter wonderland. The alpine scenery was truly breathtaking as countless waterfalls cascaded through thick forest canopy into icy cold streams flowing ...

Westport

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New Zealand's only mamoth drive, but driving dosen't get more beautiful than this, so not too bad a way to spend the day. We stopped of at the amazing Pancake Rocks, for an awesome break in the journey. The rocks at Punakaiki are formed to into what looks ...

Canyon Swing!

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... exact. I had mixed feelings about this leg of my journey. On one hand, I was excited to be going to the adventure capital of New Zealand...finally! But on the other hand, I'd built up a picture of it in my mind, and it involved lots and lots of tourists ...

Wine and whine makes it all fine

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... !) we drive along the sea front next to the grey volcanic beach. We make the brilliant choice to go into the national aquarium of New Zealand. There are plenty of fish in here, but the highlight is definitely our first sight of a kiwi, which we wait for ...

Mount Cook

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We left Christchurch for Mt Cook stopping at Late Tekapo, a beautiful vast lake surrounded by snowy mountains. Once we'd negotiated the Japanese tourists we had a lovely walk along the lake and found a cracking spot for lunch! We arrived in Mt ...

Dunedin

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... Aslan's Camp in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe,) Omaru and the Moreaki Boulders we arrived in Dunedin once again impressed by New Zealand. Out into Dunedin, we started at the excellent Otago Museum. And then we went to Cadbury's World. It ...

Sailng to Waiheke

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As spring was springing, we decided on another yacht chartering adventure round the islands. Fourth Dimension was our vessel again, and Keith, Sara, Simon and Nick were crewing along with me, with Rick as skipper. We set off on Friday night and moored at ...

Day 4

A travel blog entry by rich

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I got up nice and early to assess the weather, and as the sun rose it became clear that it was going to be a beautiful day. Therefore I made my beans on toast, made a packed lunch, and off I went at about 8.45am. I set off with Susie until we went our ...

Summer, where are you?

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Settle down. I know you're very excited about the sheep shearing world record being broken yesterday. I'm sure it's all over the newspapers. I'll get to that in a bit. Let's see, I think I last updated in Seacliff. The last day there was ...

On top of Old Smokey

A travel blog entry by fyrelizard

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... too long I heard the beautiful song of a tui, a common and very musical visitor to gardens round Auckland. Then a huge New Zealand pigeon dropped in, followed by tiny whiteheads, stitchbirds, saddlebacks and bellbirds chirping away. I don't think I have ...

Huka Falls

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... to look forward to on the South Island, then I can't wait! The evening was spent just chilling out and talking to my new room mates. As per usual, we exchanged stories about skydiving, bungy jumping, bungy swinging (and various other ways of throwing ...

Hanmer Springs

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The drive to Hanmer was fantastic. Middle Earth is really quite stunning. The rolling hills gave way to the snowy mountains and Oscar's first drive was wonderful. The heater was used to its full potential that night and we woke up to be frozen in. We ...

Sea lions...

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... . 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 ...

On the slopes of Mount Doom

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Labour day bank holiday weekend rolled round, so Rick and I set off exploring again, this time to New Zealand's biggest lake, Taupo. The lake is the biggest in New Zealand- apparently large enough to fit the whole of Singapore into (if you can find ...

Torrential rain

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My decision to do fruit packing as opposed to picking was fully vindicated last week, as it rained...and rained...and rained! In fact, a month's rain fell in just 2 hours last wednesday, creating armageddon-like scenes in and around the Bay of Plenty ...

Giant's Marbles

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We drove up the coast road through steady drizzle, to the Moeraki boulders. These are spherical rock formations, which developed under the sea and have been revealed as the sandstone they were embedded in has eroded. They were an intriguing sight, and ...

Finishing work...prematurely!

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I take it all back! Well, not all of it, but Thursday's events definitely went some way towards making up for the previous misdemeanours. It started off the same as usual, with me working with Kyle on one side of the conveyor belt. It was so cold ...

Action packed

A travel blog entry by lizandkev

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... from the pub with the Union Jack and the faces of Wills and Kate, but lost it later on! Kevin’s Queenstown Queenstown is New Zealand’s place to do stuff so we did. We started off with the Ziptrek which was pretty boring. Having done Go Ape in ...

Queenstown

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Out of Milford we stopped to walk the initial section of the Routeburn track from the Divide to Key Summit, where 360 degree views of the surrounding Fiords and Alpine scenery amazed us. We arrived in Queenstown on the night of the Winter Festival ...

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Doubtful Sound cruise

Back to New Zealand!

West Side

Te Anau Life

Moving on...

A very Kiwi Christmas

Three-eyed beasts

Scary Carpets

Exploring the Catlins

Wellington

Palmerston North

Fox Glacier

Westport

Canyon Swing!

Wine and whine makes it all fine

Mount Cook

Dunedin

Sailng to Waiheke

Day 4

Summer, where are you?

On top of Old Smokey

Huka Falls

Hanmer Springs

Sea lions...

On the slopes of Mount Doom

Torrential rain

Giant's Marbles

Finishing work...prematurely!

Action packed

Queenstown