300 Lake Terrace Taupo
300 Lake Terrace Taupo, North Island, New Zealand
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Taupo to River Valley
... The visa systems in Australasia seem to operate through the medium of the Commonwealth and I also have a number of friends who have exercised their right to a Canadian working holiday visa. Most of the guys in Taupo were working in restaurants and bars and this situation is typical of most people who I meet on these visas. I think the tourism and leisure industry is much more receptive to employees who are perhaps not planning on staying for more than a ...
Lake Taupo - Long walks & sharp drops
... a 5am start so we headed back to the hostel for some dinner and and an early night. Alas, our nice double room was situated over the bar which was playing live music. If only we had some ear plugs!
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing
We awoke bleary eyed and knackered from a **** nights sleep, swiftly got ourselves ready and made our packed lunch for the day. We were picked up and dropped us off at Tongariro National Park ready to start the crossing. ...
A Dream Uninspired Return To Lake Taupo
... height: 17px;">Let's end it in the same way, Then. I left some dreams in Taupo. They'll be hanging around.
SKY DIVING IN LAKE TAUPO, 2007:
DRIVING INTO LAKE TAUPO IN 2010:
DOVES - THERE GOES THE FEAR:
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Backpacker SLASH hitchhiker
I've worked out by now that the public transport in NZ is rubbish. Yesterday, I managed to find a bus from Hamilton to Waitomo, but after 25 minutes of driving the 1 hour journey to Waitomo, the bus did a U-turn. I had wondered whether the driver had made a wrong turn, but in fact he was just going back to pick up some passengers that were late. Lucky I wasn't late for work, as we didn't leave Hamilton (the second) time until ...
Lakes & Volcanoes in the North Island
... around the lake for views of the volcano which were slightly obscured by cloud, impressive scenery nonetheless. Saturday night is spent in an Irish pub watching the rugby. Even outside of Auckland a pint is £4 but at least wine is slightly cheaper than beer so I’m off beer and back onto wine. The atmosphere in the pub pre-game is good, with a stag party performing a slightly drunk Haka, and some England fans teaching everyone ...

