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Off to Wellington and North Island adventures
Our last day with the campervan was spent driving from the west coast to Christchurch on the west coast via Arthur's pass, more spectacular mountain scenes. After a nights stop over in Christchurch we took the early morning train up the west coast to Picton and the ferry from there to north Island and Wellington. The ferry journey was excellent due …
Back to Reality
After all the excitement and fun we had during our week stay at the time share, it was time to head down to Wellington and start settling into life here. What we didn't find out until we were in Lake Taupo was that our arrival in Wellington corresponded with several events in the city. There was WOW (Wearable Arts exhibit), national swim meets and …
Hollywellington!
... ma, on trouve un bouton, une manivelle, une manette sur laquelle on peut tirer pour comprendre en direct les différents phénomènes que l'on nous explique.
Le deuxième étage nous emmène à la découverte de la faune et de la flore de Nouvelle-Zélande. Nous pouvons donc découvrir en détails, et de manière toujours aussi interactive, les différents animaux, endémiques ou non, qui peuplent le pays. On y apprend les différentes problématiques rencontrées par les autorités pour ...
Trick or Treat!
... me that he doesn’t know how to handle comments like that from the tourists- that his English is very good. I said it is simple – say ‘thank you and so is yours!". He got a chuckle out of that and I think he will use it in future.
It was a long day and it was nice to get back to the ship, enjoy dinner and see what the best ‘show’ to date in the theatre – the show was a well known singer from ...
July
... forests stocks but the largest surviving tree, "Tane Mahuta", is 52m tall, has an enormous 14m circumference and is thought to be around 2000 years old.
That night we decided to blow our food budget on a swanky dinner out- the highlight was Amy's desert which strangely was made to look like cheap takeaway food, fries/shortbread included! Early the following morning we set off for our 22km boat trip to Poor Knights Island. An amazing day of snorkeling ...