Christchurch Campgrounds - Reviews and Rates

hi I hope these blogs are arriving. Anyway I should explain the refrence to Admiral Withers in a recent blog. Audi send me letters and advertising addressed to "admiral withers" I have no idea why but the postman is impressed. We have left Cairns and arrived in Christchurch after a change of flight in Auckland. It hass been a long day and a shoc...

Thanks for bearing with us as we get the blogging thing down! Mostly we have been out of internet range in Fiji, and then in NZ we were staying in the Shagwagon and running around (and sleeping) so didn't have access as often. Plus we had all the catchup entries to do, so obviously we were in major procrastination mode! We have learned much from...

On our way to Christchurch we stopped in Oamaru for the night. In the evening we watched the very shy and rare Yellow-eyed penguins come to shore after a day in the ocean. You have to watch from a special lookout so you don't scare them. You can't stand on the beach when they are coming ashore as they won't come in. Christchurch: Last stop in Ne...

Happy Birthday to me!! Last Thursday I turned 25. Woohoo. To do it on the other side of the world, that's a little strange. But it ended up kinda fun, and got extended into the previous night too which was cool. I had the family contingent there in the form of my Uncle, and it turned out I got the friends contingent too, with some wicked videos ...

Christchurch, as its name suggests, has the feel of an English university town. The town is centred around the cathedral square and features lots of shops, cafes and a large park.I'm staying at the very central Base backpackers for a few days so I can get myself some new glasses. Also, a few days here will give me chance to plan my journey aroun...

Picked up a hire care which was great as finally had my own set of wheels! Drove up north to the Bay of Islands and took in a boat trip out to the Hole in the Rock which was touristy but nice. Then drove down to Tutukaka and did some diving off the Poor Knights Islands which is rated as the best sub-tropical diving in the world which was nice bu...

After having spent the past 5 months in heat and humidity and after the red sandy landscape of Australia it was odd to come here and see leaves turning red, grey skies and a bit of a chill in the air. It's a very picturesque city; the centre point is the Cathedral Square and the streets surrounding it are named after British Cathedral cities. It...

We're back in Christchurch already.... and it's very warm here. We spent the last couple of weeks in Wisconsin where it is colder than it is in Antarctica right now. After 3 months of vacationing, we're actually both ready to go back to our "normal" lives at McMurdo. After many flights including a harrowing one (strong turbulence) out of Denver ...

I'm still in Christchurch, but tomorrow (if I wake up) I'll be heading out to Queenstown in hopes that I get the job in Te Anau. I interviewed yesterday for the The Luxmore Hotel. I interview with Anne, a man from Holland. He was really laid back and I got feel confident that I'll be offered a job. Otherwise I had interviewed for a Scenic Circle...