The Grand Hotel Wanganui

Corner St. Hill & Guyton Streets, P.O. Box 364 Wanganui, North Island, 524038, New Zealand

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The River City

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

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... a lawnmower, a horizontal milk churn, a dog kennel and my personal favourite – a full on fridge-freezer! (The mail got delivered into the top half of the unit, with Al saying, “They like to keep their post cool!”). The scenery was lovely – bucolic. Green rolling hills, farms, livestock, forest, river. Twice we veered off, up two side-roads which led up to sheep & cattle stations (big farms). I did wonder how much diesel he must use, just to deliver ...

Turangi to Wanganui

A travel blog entry by barrytravels

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... follows the last 50 miles, it was very twisty, narrow, and a lot of up and down steep areas. At times I would be several hundred feet above the river looking down into the canyon and then only a short distance more I would be down along the river. The surrounding forest was very tropical looking. I stopped at a convent that was founded in the late 1800's. While I was walking around the grounds, one of the sisters came out to greet me and tell me ...

The Untrodden Path

A travel blog entry by samskinner

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... the town but certainly applied to our host's place of work - one thousand feet up the central mountain ranges north east of the town. And their line of work...possum hunting - traps, lures and poison all carefully placed to capture and remove these fluffy critters, valued in Australia, threats to the native plant and animal life here in New Zealand. Also keen recreational hunters, who only eat what they have butchered or grown (pretty much) ...

לחתור אח

A travel blog entry by pinkasey

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... 1497;ה במים.
הזכרת 97; שהעומ 11; בנהר הוא בממוצ 06; 40 ס"מ?
בכל זאת, זה היה מחזה הרואי וחבל שאין לי ...

South to North

A travel blog entry by longwayround

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... National Park. Situated in the northwest corner of the south island, Abel Tasman and across to Nelson boast some of the most consistently sunny weather in the country – and for this reason, the park’s 'Great Walk,’ the Abel Tasman Coastal Track, is most popular trail in the country as determined by annual users. Kayakers and motorboaters also use this park in abundance – and its easy to see why – its just gorgeous.

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