Nomads Queenstown Backpackers South Island

... day with Ivana. Ivana was the map control co driver - very amusing when we ended up at a point far North East, instead of Piha beach on the West coast, fairly near by! It was a great day out - we ended up Whangarei; ate lunch at a local joint, then took a walk up the beach & cliffs to take in all the great views. The day finished off by meeting at Sky City (where the tower is) & having a bit of a drink & gamble. Picture also attached, but make of it ...

... amazing experience for Alex, me and the rest of the boys. The gap for the exit only had enough space between the roof and the water for your head (without hard hat). <br> <br>In the afternoon we walked down the stream to a swimming hole and the water was very cold however we did swim. <br> <br>The next day it was abseiling at the main Waipu cave and a walk through the cave.

... and he gets to guard the motel-room for us :) We arrived here on friday the 6th and on saturday we went to a BIG BIG shopping center as we were seriously lacking in summer clothes. (Yay, we have more t-shirts and shorts now! :D) On sunday the three of us decided to head out to a nearby beach (which we would tell you the name of if we could remember any of those weird Maori names :P) to take advantage of the MUCH better ...

... Un cop arribem a Waipu, anem al càmping on descansarem la resta de la tarda. Waipu Cove està situat al costat de la platja... fa caloreta... quina son! Jet-lag suposo... Necessitem reposar :) 31.01.2009 Wir verlaengern unseren Aufenthalt um eine Nacht, um heute mal schoen auszuspannen. Wir fruehstuecken und gehen dann zum Strand. Es ist noch angenehm kuehl, denn es ist erst 9.00 Uhr morgens, aber am Strand ist schon gut was los. Ein Surfverein mit vielen Kindern und ...

I got up at 9.45am and had breakfast at Carmen's house. At around 11.30am we all, John, Carmen, Joshua, Dion and me went to the Mall. I needed a good map and Carmen knew where to get it. We had some coffee there and approx. at 2pm, Carmen, John and me picked up Sandra from the hostel to get our campervan and to start our trip. It took us a while to get sorted out everything so that we could get into our van and head ...

... so we ended up driving for 2 hours on a gravel road thinking it was a short cut and then had to go back onto the main road and eventually found the stunning beach we were looking for 3 and a half hours later! We took a nice drive up to Whangarei and spotted the best beach we had seen called Langs Beach and chilled and swam there before going to Whangarei for the big New Years shop! We pitched our tents in Nick's parents chestnut grove where we would ...

I dag vågnede vi kl. 3 i morges, fuldstændig udhvilet, nice :-/ med besvær strakte vi den til 5. Efter en hyggelig bid morgenmad og en let løbetur i det bakkede terræn omkring vores campingplads, var vi klar til at gå på opdagelse. Om vejret kan man sige at det ****** ned med jævne mellemrum og det har det gjort den sidste måned. Næste stop på rejsen, blev en vingård på Matakana Road, hvor vi kvalte et par flasker inden vi fortsatte mod ...

... out occasionally to stretch our legs on the white sands. It wasn't all about beaches so we stopped at Waitangi for a bit of culture and to see where effectively 'the modern New Zealand' began. Our east coast part of our journey we slowed down the pace a little and explored some of the coastal towns of Paihia, Russell and Waipu Cove and of course many more stunning beaches that I certainly could never tire off.

... after our rafting and caving adventures Jen and I headed to the small beach community of Raglan, where they filmed part of Endless Summer many decades ago. Jen wanted to try and catch a few waves before she left and she was successful at getting a few in Manu Bay, a beach with the longest left hand break in the world. You go girlfriend! After a few days of R&amp;R I sadly took Jen to Aukland where she departed back for home. I'm ...

... We stopped at several beautiful waterfalls and saw stunning coastlines. The Southern Sea is so rough- you can't even imagine. It was crashing along the cliffs the entire way. We saw waves break that must have been literally 40-50 feet high. The splashing water would hit us up on cliffs like 200 ft above the sea!! Anyways, we camped at Purakuani Falls like 2 nights ago and at like 10pm Jenn and I went ...