The Grapevine Blenheim
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29 Park Terrace Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand
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We headed to Blenheim from Kaikoura to look for a few weeks of pruning work in vineyards. We found the Grapevine working hostel and the owner connected us with a foreman that needed workers. We had the first weekend to ourselves so we relaxed, kayaked on the river, rented bikes and went to a barbecue with the rest of the backpackers. We even met a girl from Canmore - small world. We started work in the vineyards on September 3rd and finished on September 19th. We met some really nice couples ...
Blenheim, New Zealand clandybar
It was grey and misty departure from Wellington and from the sounds of the weather report my destination - the south island - was too be more of less of the same... My ferry crossing was pretty much uneventful but the scenery I was approaching of the Marlborough sounds was gorgeously green - lush vegetation and emerald coloured waters. The colour of the water was different from what I expected and the views remained one of the most spectacular throughout my touring through the region of Marlb...
Nelson, New Zealand nixsboys
The Darling Buds of C******nay/Just cos he dances go-go.... Some travellers want to discover new cultures, some want to find themselves and I suspect a lot just want an extremely long holiday from work. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I'm broke, so it was time to get a job. I was hoping to see an advert for a "backpacker type, preferably female, to bottle feed orphan lambs". Despite the presence of huge numbers of lambs in the fields there doesn't seem to be too much demand for s...
Blenheim, New Zealand pidge
Blues, Brews and BBQS We returned to Blenhiem and dropped off our stuff at our hostel The Grapevine before setting out for the festival. Our extemely friendly hostel owner had clued us up a bit on where to get tickets and where to go so we went to get our tickets and then we had some time to kill before it started so we headed into town. The town is not the most interesting place even for NZ and weather was looking really miserable so we were slightly disheartned but decided to make the trek ...
Blenhiem, New Zealand slpTravel Blogs Nearby
... have made a mistake and of course Dennis scored!
Woke up this morning and the sun is shining bonny so all looks good for the BBQ at chez Craig and Louise. Stocked up on booze to take to the BBQ but oh I am feeling really rough today (1st hangover of the trip). To Craigs delight I I had to jump out of his car in the middle of the town to be a little bit ill - what an embarrassment ...
04.06.09: Last day in the South Island. Sean phone a guy to see if we can do some quad. the guy says to come asap, so we head to the Happy Valley. Greg leads us for the ride and he is really nice. We go in the forest up to Bay view where as you guessed it there was a good lookout. We stop there and have a chat with tea and coffee. How fancy!! There is an island there owned by a one of ...
Picton, South Island, New Zealand leprefrog
... the harbor. The sky just got darker and darker the closest we got to the start of the trek. We didn't even check the weather before setting out. The boat operators told us that the first day would have rain, but the weather should be nice the remaining two days. Whew. After we got dropped off at Ships Cove, we were fascinated by some strange looking birds called Wekas. They are similar to kiwis in that they are flightless birds with a long beak that they ...
Picton, South Island, New Zealand andreat
Monday 27 October Picton S 41° 17.4' E 174° 00.9' Via Kaiteriteri Having indulged by going along the west coast yesterday, I now had to get back to the Picton region in order to be able to catch the morning ferry tomorrow. That meant no time for kayaking in Kaiteriteri, but I headed there anyway. The road up the Buller River ...
Picton, South Island, New Zealand pete-r
... Tongariro National Park however we didnt see much there as yet again it was lashing rain!! It was amazing really as Tongariro has 3 huge volcanos and we drove right past them through the national park and couldnt even see an outline of them through all the rain. A bit disappointing but it is the middle of winter here so cant be helped. We decided not to wait around for the rain to go and just kept going south. We arrived in Wellington yesterday on a lovely sunny day, dropped off the ...
Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand karenandbobby
... We then headed up to Akaroa just outside Christchurch on a reccommendation from one of Jenny´s workmates in Sydney. It turned out to be one fo the nicest places we´ve been to in New Zealand. Its an old Frech settlement in a secluded harbour. Our campsite was on a hill high up the mountain and the views from there were amazing. Grand little place to head to for a few days if you are on your way out sometime. After a day or two in Christchurch we ...
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