Sam's Inn St. Andrew

... with the rain, trees etc, they couldnt get further than half way up!!!Well, we got them this far so we werent going to let them go without a fight ...so we suggested trying going across our field from the paper road at the other end of our land. Well,as you can see it made it most of the way up, and we managed with the help of our Subaru to get the 70 odd boxes up to our house!!!

... natural preditors. However we were luck - no pigs, just a huge feral Billy Goat! We all had aa brilliant ride and arrived baack to Puponga round 3-30 hours later safe and sound.Today we went over to the West Coast to see a blue whale that had been washed up at Te Hapu, this is an hours drive from Pakawau and when we reached the beach we had another hours walk to get to the place it it had been washed up - we checked ...

... d to stock up on groceries to cook in the kitchen - I rustle up a chicken arrabiata as you do and we down it. I open a bottle of vino, receive great compliments and then we watch Love Actually on a tv the size of a bean before retiring to the room for more random gossiping where Arianne proves her worth and the sleep. Guess whats in the morning? SKY DIVE - I can only hope the weather clears up. On my iPod These Boots Were Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra

... Reissverschluesse und alles, was ein wenig schimmert. Mit Vorliebe beisst er auch Loecher in T-Shirts und Pullover... und dann gibt er noch Laute wie "Helloooo" von sich und miaut wie eine Katze... herrlich amuesant und wir hatten gute Unterhaltung mit Rocky!!! Dann ging es Ende April wieder nach Auckland und von dort bin ich nach Christchurch geflogen. Hier bin ich jetzt fuer eine Woche und freue mich, alte Bekannte und Freunde wieder zu treffen ...

... 9 uur open en lekker rustig in de avond. De eerste indruk van het museum was al overweldigend, zo groot en er staat zo enorm veel... ze waarschuwden me al bij de receptie van het YHA dat je er met gemak een volle dag kan spenderen, dat geloof ik direct. 27-03: De auto verkast en nog wat dingen bekeken in het museum waar ik geen tijd meer voor had gisteren avond. Het was nu redelijk druk, dus ik was blij dat ik veel dingen al de avond ervoor in alle rust ...

... not so new waterfalls and lots of rain... We passed through Five Rivers and stopped for a coffee in Queenstown, then it was back in the car for the last leg of today's journey, up over the high ground, through Cardrona and past the ski fields into Wanaka. Like Queenstown, this another settlement on a lake, but somehow a little more picturesque and a lot less manic! Checked into Wanaka Edge Apartments - a little piece of luxury for a change, then went into town. Had a great meal with ...

... 11 years. So I manage to get a number and end up chatting to a chap from Darlington Triathon club at the start line. The race starts at 8:45am and turns out to be easily the flattest and most picturesque half marathon I have ever done. The majority of the route winds its way around the coastline and for at least 11 miles of it you are never more than a few feet from the waters edge. As I mentioned its also extremely flat, the weather is almost perfect ...

... we were floating in a ball as we were gently swaying from side to side with the snow all around us & the sun shinning down,stu was very impressed with the way he manovered the helicopter inbetween the clouds & left it running while the 5 of us played snowballs as in the olden days (navy days) you would not have beeen allowed to leave your aircraft without another pilot being there,infact there is a photo of him grinning like a cheshire cat which is ...

... but it looked nice from the viewpoint) and then the even creepier ghost town of Marahau which didn't seem so bad after I ate the biggest fish and chip supper there and won the Karaoke contest (I won a 2 for 1 skydive - a shame I have no intention of doing a sky dive! so I am planning on selling it to some poor backpacker). And the hostel dorms there were rubbish and the weather was cold and rubbish. So we were all a bit down because we were fed ...

... one of those crazy touristy places where everyone is everywhere. You have to park, buy a ticket to see the geyser and go in the park, then move your car to another car park to see the geyser and then move it back again to see the rest of the park...hmm. And then there's this big rush just before 10am and they can't cope. So, we rush down to the other car park and then stand in the rain looking at a rocky mound with a hole in it for a good 10/15 mins wondering ...