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Akaroa Slideshow
Akaroa
Travel Blogs from Akaroa, New Zealand
New Zealand
... the best Cappuccinos and Lemon/Ginger muffins, they also had a stupendous view of Lake Tekapo and an Observatory. A new telescope had been installed in partnership with Nygoa University and day tours were operating - very informative. From there ...
Bank's Peninsula
... of the areas past. Akaroa is just a little town, originally colonised by French. The french vessel was just a few days off reaching New Zealand when the Waitangi Treaty was signed, "creating" New Zealand for the British . These days all that shows is a ...
Stars at Lake Tekapo and rare dolphins in Akaroa
... a New Zealand/French sea-side town in the mountains. Quite unique! Tomorrow we are heading to our last port of call in New Zealand, the earthquake stricken Christchurch. Our hostel owners had told us what to expect, and by the sounds of it ...
Swimming with Hector Dolphins
Last Valentines Day I remember well. Paul and I were walking in the bitter cold on Dark Peak with Henry, falling in and clambering out of peat bogs. It was cold. Today the weather was beautiful, but the water was cold. We were all very glad for our ...
Banks Peninsular
We continued our journey north and stopped for a pleasant evening in Hokitika A charming small town on the beach We dined on the local gastronomic speciality, a white bait sandwich. A word to the wise – don't bother. A ...
Regen, aber immerhin CSI
Von Christchurch aus sind wir nach Akaroa weitergefahren, einer kleinen, ehemals franzoesischen Stadt auf einer Halbinsel. Wir hatten schon wieder mal Pech mit dem Bus... der sogenannte Akaroa Shuttle sollte uns an unserem Hostel abholen, aber als er nach ...
Akaroa
... arrived for lunch time and it is good chill out for once, relaxing all afternoon by the sea. Just done my last nice walk in New Zealand during the morning after, with again superb views. My feet are now getting tougher so I hope all will be good for ...
trip to Akaroa with Laura
... the hill. There was still snow in the hills, the sea was nice, and blue, adn there was red sea weed on the shores. Akaroa was originally a french settlement, and in the time that a frenchman took to go back to france, adn request the french government to ...
Oamaru - Akaroa
... . Or something. After Timaru, it was drive drive drive, until we reached the pleasant town of Tai Tapu, on the way to Akaroa. This was because we couldn't find the Raiki Gorge park mentioned in the guidebook. We enjoyed a brief coffee and slice, before ...
Alasdair in Kayak Shock
... (Christchurch is a pretty town) and Nicla read Jane Eyre. After Christchurch we headed to the Banks Peninsula and the town of Akaroa. The road we took, Summit Road, passes by Diamond Bay and over the mountain tops of the peninsula: It is a fantastic ...
Day 23 - Glentanner to Akaroa
... and unexpected little town, after coming out of the barren plains. It has that holiday feel to it, like so many of New Zealand's settlements. I had wanted to stop off at The Church of the Good Shephard, but we somehow missed it, and by the ...
Akaroa
... to swim with dolphins! In a beautiful village an hour south of Christchurch, we swam with the rare Hectors Dolphin, only found in New Zealand. They were tiny, just 1 metre long as grown adults. We swam for about 30 mins with them at arms reach, it ...
The Perfect Day
... baited up and waded out. I didn't have waders, let alone boats, so I did it in shorts and barefoot. Damn, these snow-melt New Zealand rivers are chilly. I casted out. Ugly. I tried again. Also, ugly. Damn I was rusty. Next cast. Straight into the ...
Wellington, Petone, Eastbourne und Akaroa
... , Stadtteilfesten, Maerkten, sportlichen und sonstigen kulturellen Veranstaltungen. Und wenn einem doch noch langweilig war, hatte das New Zealand International Arts Festival genug interessante, lustige und auch bizarre Vorstellungen zu bieten. Zu meinen ...
About in Akaroa
We decided to head out to Akaroa for a look from Christchurch. Once again the weather was playing the part, the sun was shinning and the skies blue. After about an hour and half of driving we arrived. The decision of which camp ground to stay at was ...
Post-Frenchfest
... . A good few hours of browsing later, staying much longer than I intended, I got back in Brid and headed back to Christchurch. My new job was starting the next day, and after three months off office work, I had a feeling there was some ironing to be ...
Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island
We met some people who told us that we couldn't miss going to Banks Peninsula, but it was an area we hadn't heard of! BP is quite close to Christchurch on the east coast of the south island and was created by several volcanic eruptions. It is only joined ...
We'll be coming around the mountain...
... the left. Oh, and we have stopped taking the cream/milk when we check in...it was not being used. Paul's tip from New Zealand is that the horizontal ledges apparent on most hillsides is the result of livestock grazing on wet ground and creating their own ...
And we're still together (just)...
For our last full day we drove to Banks Peninsular to Akaroa, an old French village with French buildings, bakeries and street names. We went to this crazy little farm with tracks up to a hillside lookout and Maori statues. Along the way every few yards ...
Day 24 - Akaroa
... swimming with dolphins certificate & information. By this time we had worked up an appetite, so we headed along the waterfront of Akaroa, which has a very french feel to it, to find some lunch. There is a little row of cafes and bars along ...
Le Bons Bay
... world. Unfortunately though, the sea was quite rough and Heather felt really sick. That afternoon when Heather felt better, we drove into Akaroa to have a look in some of the craft shops and the posh cafes. There was a shop that sold flavoured fudge ...
Christchurch
... has flooded into the centre of a collapsed volcanic crater. Colonised by the French, and still bearing somewhat pseudo French names, Akaroa turned out to be a most beautiful and tranquil place. A day's kayak hire enabled us to paddle out to the mouth of ...
Die ersten Tage......
Hallo Ihr lieben Daheimgebliebenen! Wir sind inzwichen in Neuseeland angekommen und haben endlich den ersehnten Internetanschluß um Euch diese erste Nachricht zukommen zu lassen. Unsere Anreise: Nach einem noch ziemlich stressigen Vormittag haben wir ...
Going French
I'd been wanting to head down to the Banks Peninsula for a while, as it was Brenda's favourite part of New Zealand, and she said it was very beautiful. Frenchfest provided me with the perfect excuse to go for the weekend. Akaroa is ...
Akaroa
Akaroa a lovevly part of new zealand close to christchurch. We were staying in what i could only describe as a huge tree house. Gorgeous views (photos to follow) lots of animals around - we think we saw a possum and certainly heard lots of ...
Fush, Chups & Cheese with Barry
... repeated to each other every time we have seen a Fush & Chups shop. A source of endless entertainment for us. Akaroa is beautiful seaside town which must be amazing in the summertime. We were very lucky that during our time there we were ...
Akaroa! Bless You!
... and start the selling process? In the end, we decided that a half day wouldn't make a lot of difference, so went to see what Akaroa, a small town towards the end of the peninsula was like. It turned out to be fairly mediocre and at the bottom of a very ...
