Hiwinui Country Estate Palmerston North

... either. I merely want all the people who think I shouldn&#8217;t be travelling, to entertain my point of view.<br><br>I decided to create this travel blog for Kyoko, family and friends who want to keep in touch with me. So they can see who, what, when, why and how I&#8217;m going. I&#8217;m not planning on doing all the usual touristy things and I don&#8217;t plan to go out partying all night and sleeping in all day.<br><br>I want my eyes to capture the beauty of ...

... was our first hotel on the trip and it was really nice. Kitchen, sky tv, cd player, bathroom and our room was on the 5th floor in the corner of the building so we got a nice panoramic view of the mountains in the distance. The town itself revolves around a central square which is full of trees, fountains and ducks so immediately it has a nice atmosphere about it. The shops were pretty standard fare but everything you would need was there including more ace ...

... They also make a living from various economies such as reindeer herding, subsistence seal hunting and sheep farming. They also rely on more commercial occupations such as industrial fishing, salmon canning, timber production, oil related business for financial enterprise. These people are not just wandering around up there in the snow. They have a unique culture of their own, and are citizens of ...

... one point, a sheetrock delivery truck which was in front of us came upon an approaching tandem log carrier and we all came to an abrupt stop. It was great fun watching the truck in front of us hang the outermost rear dual wheel over airspace as he cleared the other truck which was nearly wedged against the rock ledge which walled the inside lane. We didn't make up much time on this routing. Upon arrival in Picton we filled the Avis Ford Falcon (unlike the Falcons we knew in the U ...

... Nadat we een 20 minuten over deze weg hebben gereden blijkt dat we bijna zonder benzine zitten. De benzine meter doet het niet en is het dus een kwestie van op de kilometer teller kijken hoeveel kilometer we hebben gereden. We draaien om en rijden naar het dichtstbijzijnde grote plaatsje om te tanken. Eenmaal bijgetankt besluiten we dat het te laat is om nog naar het strand te gaan en ...

... the trees beside the river. The tree containing a nest with a bird in it made out of plastic. This somewhat startled Jacob when he went to use the tree for, well, what blokes in fields tend to slope over to trees for...and there it was, at eye level, not making any attempt to vacate. It being twilight, it took a few moments to realise that it wasn't real. The music went on. We didn't know many of the tunes. We went to bed, feeling old.

SB: Struggling to wal after the hike, we set off south for our penultimate stop in the North Island, Palmerston North where we planned on catching up with some of Kt's old school friends. Whilst having a very long overdue haircut in PN, the lady asked how long we'd been in NZ. "Oh so you won't have done much yet in a week?". Apparently we'd done more in that week in NZ than in ...

I woke up late this morning. Well, late by my travel standards, at just gone 9am. I was pleased that the hideous headache had gone and I was just left with an afterthought of pain. Marvellous. I checked out of my motel - got to see both of the motel cats on this trip. June was truly the most gigantic mass of cat I had ever seen - the size of all mine put together. Still, always nice to cuddle a cat whilst travelling. I began the ...

... milling and trading in flax. Foxton became the flax capital of New Zealand. To commemorate the propserity of the town, De Molen windmill was errected and can be seen from miles around. Foxton also has a well preserved High Street, with the old-style colonial shop facades and broad street. It has barely been touched for about 50 years ...

... Mt Victoria Lookout and got an awesome view of Wellington and around. Afterwards, we drove out far to Glen Lodge near Pongaroa heading towards the East Cape. There was a gorgeous sunset on the way with the sun shining off the trees. We stayed on a sheep farm that night. Unfortunately, we had to leave quite early the next day to make some good ground towards Tikitiki near the East Cape so we missed his sheep-shearing show! Bugga!