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Nothing to see here, just a departure from BNE at 1820 to arrive in CHC at 2345 to a chilly 1 degree. The transfers into the city went very easy and we got checked into Livingspace very easily ...

Flying into a new country always challenges you as you seek to understand the culture and get your feet. New Zealand was relatively painless after coming from Australia. First impressions of the kiwis are that they are a wonderfully welcoming and ...

After a lot of debate about whether the New Year’s Eve Celebrations would go ahead in Cathedral Square, a decision was made the day before New Year’s Eve.  The celebrations would go ahead and a lot of the scaffolding was lifted as more ...

En route from Mt. Cook to Christchurch we made a stop off at a forest of Christmas trees.  Oscar decided that we needed a Christmas tree for the bus so himself and some others hopped off armed with a pen knife and scaled a rusty barbed wire fence to ...

Now it was time to head back to the homeland. I havent stepped foot on Kiwi soil for 22 years.  And technically I wasn't really returning home as I never actually went to South Island when I lived here.  But hey ho.  It still seemed like ...

Unsere heutige Reise nach Dunedin führte uns durch die Catlins. Dies ist eine Region mit üppigen Weideland, vielen Wäldern und rauen Buchten. Den ersten Stopp legten wir am Slope Point ein. Der südlichste Punkt der Südinsel. Nachdem wir unser Auto ...

Day 27 We headed off early as we had a long drive in store across the south of New Zealand. On our way we stopped a short distance from Milford Sound to try and see Lake Marian as we had seen some nice pictures of it in the lodge. We managed to find the ...

We arrived happily in Dunedin despite a non-verbal bus driver (in this case it was most definitely a bus and not a coach) and some misty rain and gray clouds. Dunedin has some fabulous architecture and lovely old buildings all around it. It's center is a ...

09 December Not so far to drive today, so it was a more leisurely start. Easy drive to Invercargill, through beautiful farmlands, interesting rock formations, and most importantly no rain! Lots of No Vacancy signs in Invercargill but that was ...