Oamaru Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Everybody weak up from the 2 Volvo engines how started at 6:45. Breakfast, was also huge then the dinner last night. Then the same way back. Boat then Bus, again a ferry and then we take own bus and drove to Quam. There we learned how to play CurlingJ I wonJ

We had a long distance to cover between Te Anau and Christchurch, so we decided to spend the night in the town of Oamaru. The town itself lays about half way to Christchurch and is home to the rare yellow-eyed penguin. As we drove up the east coast of the south island, we made a quick stop in Moeraki about 1 hour south of Oamaru. On the beach of...

I am wearing socks. Shoes (as opposed to flipflops/jandals/thongs etc). Jeans, a long sleeved shirt, a thick hoodie, a scarf and my jacket. I am addicted to tea as a means of warmth. Welcome to New Zealand's "summer". And it's raining. Can you see why I am not impressed to be heading from this to Canadian winter?!!? Alas, it can't be helped and ...

We've headed south on Highway 1 and have arrived in Oamaru. We stayed at a Top-10 campground, nothing special, and paid $14 each to sleep in the van. This would be the first and last time we would lodge in this fashion. We have learned that parking RICK on any off street is a free alternative to campground lodging, and the scenery to us is just ...

As we left the campsite that morning, there were a young couple hitch-hiking at the end of the drive. We decided to be nice and stopped to ask where they were going. They were headed for Queenstown so we said we could take them as far as Omarama which is in the right direction and about 50km away; they thanked us and hopped in. They were lovely ...

Mom, Dad and Michelle left me to do laundry while they went to go watch blue penguins come in for the night at the beach (Just a 10 days ago I paid to see 500 penguins in Australia, so I didn't pay for another viewing). Waiting for the wash to finish, I went out for a stroll. Once out on the main street, I heard what sounded like the amplified ...

Jungs, das ist ne ganz schoene Umstellung nen Monat mit 2 netten Maedels rumzureisen und dann auf einmal ganz alleine darzustehen... Ich musste mich also erstma ein bissel auffangen - und das habe ich in Dunedin getan, der "schottischen" Stadt Neuseelands. Paar neue Leute kennengelernt, bissel gechillt, Pinguine und Albatrosse auf der Otago-Peni...

MOUNT COOK - MUELLER HUT TRACK The day after the last entry, 3 of us started to go up to Mt. Cook! Well, not actually Mt. Cook, but a mountain range in front of it. It was really amazing - white lakes, giant mountains full of snow and rocks in brown, black and green, and clouds raging over the mountains like surfer waves in the sea. It was reall...