Rutherford Hotel Nelson - Heritage Hotels

... saw yesterday<br>favorite scenery/driving song: it's natural to be afraid - explosions in the sky<br>best thing about new zealand: the people!<br>worst thing about new zealand: we're leaving in 6 days...<br><br>love,<br>laura<br><br> "I am more of a rolling hills person" Laura was ready to get out of the mountains by the time we woke up from Franz Joseph. I agreed at this point ...

... table and chairs inside the caravan, and watched a movie - any time we came out of the caravan though, elderly eyes watched us from behind faded flowery curtains - this was probably the most excitement they&#8217;d had in a long time, I bet we were the talk of the bingo hall that weekend!<br><br>The final part of our trip was the last 200km down to Wellington, &#8216;Windy Wellington&#8217; as they call it, due to the windy conditions&#8230;of course. We spent a day in ...

... Island sets out from, and were buffeted by gales all night - which was surprisingly exciting. In the morning we managed to get on a boat, though we did have a 5 hour wait and it was ROCKY. We arrived at about 9:30 pm and then found the nearest campsite to the ferry terminal and crashed out. So that pretty much finished our journey through the South Island.....so on to Wellington<br><br>Still missing you all and sending lots of love xxxxx

... back to the car. thats where we were eaten by sand flies, they bite like mozzies, and it swells up instantly, but they pinch like **** and are the itchiest thing i've ever seen. they even got in the car and it was like a scene from some sort of horror movie, there was heaps of them! and we were just squashing them all over the shop. they went crazy for the feet. at antoher stage we went looking for a toilet and some food, pulled into a place and there was ...

... aan de andere kant van de brug. We vonden het beide eigenlijk niks waard. Na een dag gereden te hebben zijn we gestopt in Motueka op een camping. Wat de BIG4 campings in Australie zijn, zijn de Top10 Holiday Parks in Nieuw Zeeland. Nette dure campings. Na het doorkijken van wat foldertjes met activiteiten in het Abel Tasman NP leek het ons een idee om met een ferry naar een punt te gaan en vanaf daar terug te lopen naar de start van het park ...

... beat Neil!! We have a photo of the scores that I will put on later. He did say he would divorce me if I beat him, so I toned down my second punch! On Saturday, we went to the local market, and then up to Christchurch Cathedral. We found the local organic brewery, where we had a tasting plate each, then went for a walk around the Japanese Gardens. Made use of the pool and spa again (it would've been rude not too!)

... job at Thai Tahuna and did my last shift today. My manager Jar was very good about it all and said to definitely go back if there is any problems in the apple orchard. This weekend we are off to the Abel Tasman National Park. We are spending 3 days and 2 nights camping and tramping. All the brochures look amazing and all we've heard about it is great so it should be really nice. I'll keep this up-to-date after we get back and I promise I will put pictures up!

... with such high foluting concepts mummy soldiered on and managed to get her hair straightened later that day by wedging her rucksack under the socket, thus preventing the offending droop. When we got E's complicated text mummy was dithering about buying some shorts. I advised her against it, mummy in shorts is not a pretty sight, but the weather forecast for the next few days was for lots of sun, so as the shorts were in the ...

... on the next day and catch up some of my lost time. also had the luxury there of a dorm all to my self (YAY!) which works out alot cheaper than paying for a single room (almost 3 times the cost). ive been lucky that its off-season here as its happened a few times now. tuesday then i headed on up the coast and through some of the most spectacular coastal scenery ive seen in a long while (NZ just continues to amaze me and blow me away). i stayed the ...

... in Horsforth so much. I have to say I was pretty impressed and have not touched a glass of Sauvignon Blanc since. I am officially a changed man.....?!?! The following day we bumped into the England captain and Sarah went over to say hello, had a look around the city and purchased a few items (Mum, you will be pleased to know I am now finally the owner of an Iron Maiden t-shirt, the scars of not letting me have one as a child have now been healed!). It was then ...