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Akaroa Slideshow
Akaroa
Travel Blogs from Akaroa, New Zealand
From Oamaru to Christchurch
... which was a welcome break from cooking! The next day, me and Catherine got a transfer to Mount Cook (the largest mountain in New Zealand) where we did a 4 hour walk through the Mount Cook National Park. It was hard work for an unfit person such as ...
Akaroa
... we have a kitchen, might as well use it! Then packed up all our gear. We have a 9am flight to Auckland Thursday (yesterday) morning. Akaroa is quite a "chi-chi" place, where lots of New Zealanders vacation or get away for a weekend. Very nice ...
Akaroa
We left Oamaru to go swimming with the dolphins in Akaroa! It was absolutely amazing, one of the best experiences we've had! The photos don't do it justice, I promise there are dolphins in there somewhere!! We were out at sea for about 1 1/2 swimming ...
Akaroa
... 6.30 starts take a bit of getting used to) and Kirsten was working night shifts. We did manage to take a drive down to Akaroa though, which is a French town on the Banks peninsula, just south of Christchurch. It's a pretty wee town, but not as french ...
Day 54 Dolphin Swim at Akaroa
... the 13th but my goodness I've had a very lucky day indeed. I decided that I had to book up a dolphin encounter before we left New Zealand and I asked at the hostel if there were any spots available luckily there were two spots on a boat that left the next ...
Akaroa and the Christchurch botanic garden
I told you in my last entry that New Zealand was going to be special, well, it hasn't proved me wrong over the past 4 days! On Sunday I went to pick up my parents and my brother at the airport and it was so weird to see them again! It felt that it was ...
Coming home
I'm about ready to loosen my tight grip on my faithful hot water bottle and learn to once again relax in the vehicle without fear of being plowed over by some crazy Kiwi driver on the side of a mountain, In a week we'll be back in Canada and back to ...
Akaroa
... from The Warehouse such as tapes for the car stereo (no CD player!) and some blankets and warm clothing and then headed for Akaroa on the Bank Peninsula about one and a half hours drive from Christchurch. It was a really quaint old French village which ...
Not quite back to Christchurch yet
... towards Sumner (the place where we had had our xmas bbq) but then thought if we're camping why camp in Christchurch so I suggested Akaroa as I'd not been there and Iris was happy to go back. It meant that we'd miss out on the DJ Mike (Smashy?) gig ...
End Transmission
... places too, Dunedin and the Otago Peninsular where we saw Northern Royal Albatross with their increadible 3m wingspan, and now currently Akaroa outside of Christchurch where we went sailing in the bay and had 3-4 Hectors dolphins at a time surfing in our ...
Christchurch and Akaroa
We were booked on the 08.30 flight from Sydney to Christchurch, in New Zealand but, being a Qantas flight, surprise, surprise, once again the flight was delayed. Qantas really are one of the worst airlines for delays. As usual the information ...
Akaroa
... of Muskets. Then he sailed back to France to get together a colonising party. In the meantime the British bought the whole of New Zealand off of some Maori's for a couple of rusty Muskets... why settle for a peninsula when you can have the whole place? ...
A cow, a ridge, volleyball and an outside shower!
... so large that they look like a lake as you cannot see the opening on the horizon. The hostel here is just fab. Onuka Farm, Akaroa is a hostel built by a farmer on some unused land that looks out onto the Peninsula with views to die for. Most of the hostel ...
Bonjour Akaroa
First stop on our magical mystery tour was the unique town of Akaroa. This is a cool little town a couple of hours from Christchurch. Essentially it was settled by the French and retains it's French feel with tricolours a plenty and rue instead of streets ...
Day 42 Akaroa Tsunami Warning!
... One had a sign that said: Closed due to Civil Defense Warning. A man was taking a picture of it. I said, "It's a joke, right?" Since Akaroa has a French history we ate at a French café. We enjoyed lunch. We had a “plat antipasto” which was a ...
Akaroa For The Day
... Peak Track to the Hinewai Reserve and Beach Forest in the Otanerito Valley - situated on the eroded outer flank of the Akaroa Volcano, which apparantly stopped errupting some 8million yrs ago!! The surrounds were so different from the hills I had just ...
Magnet Bay
The Start of Our Road Trip
... and found our way to Lyttelton. It was a very, very small town so we didn't stop there for long. We headed on to Akaroa which seemed to have more to offer, according to the guide book. The journey took much longer than I had expected: On the map it ...
St. Patrick's Day und viele andere lustige Sachen!
... des Kratersees vom Mt. Ruhapehu im Tongariro Natoinal Park - mal sehen was noch so kommt... Mitllerweile bin ich in Akaroa - der "franzoesischen" Stadt Neuseelands weil hier vor 150 Jahren oder so mal 150 Franzosen gelandet sind. Auf jeden Fall heissen ...
French corner
... luxurious to those in the North, although that probably is just the routes we chose to take). The road to the Banks Penninsula & Akaroa is steep & windy - so much so Greg fell off the back seat (sure it wasn't Ade's driving). We got there for a ...
Swimming with dolphins!
... and also our last full day in New Zealand before heading off to Australia. I think we were both a little sad to be leaving New Zealand but sooo excited about going to Australia. We decided just to have an easy day and went for a look around ...
Akaroa waterfront and foggy vistas
Ah, one of the disappointments of the trip was the cold rain in Akaroa. It was a place I had looked forward to and would like to visit again, but the dreary weather did not invite adventures, so only stayed one ...
The breathtaking Banks Peninsular
... to be reunited with my backpack! I had been trying to call British Airways to change the date of our flight out of New Zealand to Santiago but with no luck getting through. Whilst having morning coffee we heard about the volcanic ash eruption in Iceland ...
Every Day Is A Winding Road
... . We barely allowed them time to catch their breath (besides a quick hug and kiss) and we were off exploring the New Zealand countryside. While the boys went on their (full day) fly fishing excursion, the girls lazily spent the day strolling ...
Day 16 - Tekapo to Akaroa
... 20 minutes or so to get to Akaroa the back way. We will go back to Christchurch on the normal road, which skirts the Akaroa Harbour, for a different perspective. We checked in to the Top 10 Holiday Park at Akaroa, which is perched on the hillside above ...
Free at last, Free at last, Free at last.....
The relief of finally having a properly working automobile was the catalyst for a teriffic exploratory journey around the Banks ...
Sailing on in Akaroa
... deities are paua shells. So Ed’s friend Julian brought us over, with his grandson and gorgeous little Spoodle, Albi. The Akaroa fam are also planning an 80s/time travel themed birthday party for me. Everyone’s 80s playlists and sweet, sweet ...
The most unpredictable weather in the world
... still just expect to see Frodo hiking along the mountains when you’re up there. It’s really incredible. The town Akaroa is on a bay, but it’s a long bay surrounded by mountains, so you can’t see the ocean. But as ...
My Injury, or How I am evolving into a pirate
... days, but then these gorgeous little puss globules started appearing, and before long I had, no joke, an exact replica of the two islands of new zealand on my leg, out of puss bubbles. Time to go to the dr. He put me on antibiotics, told me to come back ...
Rain!
... we were hopeful for our dolphin trip. We chased birds on the beach, saw eagles munching on dead animals, admired the pretty lakes, and then returned to Akaroa, where it was raining. Our dolphin trip was cancelled so we left for Oamaru, 4hours drive ...