Young Island

'If adventures do not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad'... this is the story of my trip around NZ.

... us jobs housekeeping at Daydream Island Resort and Spa. The decision to accept the jobs and live and work on a tiny beautiful tropical island in the famed ‘Whitsundays’ wasn’t as easy as you’d imagine. What would we do with Billy? ...

... hill to see the chimps at their mid-morning feeding. The chimps here are all rescued chimps except for one that was born on the island (Surprise). As such these chimps do not all behave exactly like a wild chimp would. They all come back into the cages at ...

... It took near 4 hours to reach the island but by the time we did the sun had come out and the heavy rain was passing. The island is connected to the mainland by a bridge and is a pretty big place. Its main town is called Cowes and the main attraction is ...

... over the course of this 3 month adventure, I have been on the move.  It was time to head Southward to South Island. Southward After a ridiculously long bus ride of 8 hours from Cambridge (New Zealand doesn't have a freeway system) I arrived in the ...

My crew and I performed trail work on Admiralty Island. We traveled by seaplane to North Young Lake. This was our last project together, and a good one to end on. We worked 10 hours a day, 8 days in a row. We were backcountry, deep in the wilderness. I ...

... to a little house where a  woman pulled out five serious-looking mountain bikes.  Hmmm.  Bicycling through a karsty island is quite lovely, even if it is drizzling.  Before long, however, I couldn't see through the raindrops on my ...

... it online on the way there (was cheaper too!). We took the ferry across and got a bus to Arcadia (a part of Magnetic Island... there's only 4 places.. Arcadia, Picnic bay, Nelly bay and at the top of the island is Horseshoe bay. The rest of the island is ...

... We all piled out of the bus to take photos. After the show, the tour bus dropped me and another couple off at the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat.  They told us they would be back to pick us up tomorrow at 2:30 pm.  I got checked in to ...

... And as one tour guide mentioned to us, New Zealand is basically a much smaller version of Canada. While driving through the North Island, much of the landscape reminded us of home and other parts of North America, in particular Montana and Idaho. We saw ...

... for a dip now and then on some of the gorgeous deserted little islands I found.  Paddled around the island pulling in here and there at lovely clean beaches. Highly recommended for paddling and a quiet ...

... , the...err...better that home shall taste?  DAY 22: Spent the whole day writing a batch of entries depicting my 'around the island' experience. I had planned to walk up the nearby mountain, but...naaah! I ate food, did poo and stuff and then watched ...

... and we booked the 3 day/2 night self drive tour.  We had heard several stories about the self drive tours of Fraser Island - people getting decapitated, jeeps getting stuck in the sand and being left stranded etc.  It sounded like it could be a ...

... that Perama is currently involved in.  They take broken coral, anchor them to concrete blocks, and place them around the island.  The parts eventually regrow at a couple centimeters a year.  The results are spectacular.  The place is ...

... from. We got onto the ferry, and we got some breakfast. I had a quiche, and my water to drink. We started going to Kangaroo Island, I listened to mucsic the whole time. The ferry ride was only 45 minutes. When we got off the ferry, we went to the cargo ...

... 1881 to provide a source of purebred queen bees for the beekeeping industry. In 1885 the South Australian Government proclaimed the island to be a bee sanctuary and no more importations have been made since. Today Clifford's Honey Farm is believed to ...

... to say we were heading to Magnetic and that we'd hopefully see them when we came back to Townsville after the island. We carried on to Townsville and watched some Australian gangster film, which was Heath Ledger's breakthrough role, before taking the ...

Drove through beautiful farm country to the WI and IA state line.  We stayed at the KOA near Rock Island it had mini golf, pool, hot tub and fishing.  The family really likes mini golf especially if it is free.   There is an old rock ...

... young couple. It's great, but cold. I tend to forget that we are quite close to the Antarctica here. The major part of the island is covered with National Park. There is nothing to do except for kayaking and hiking. Sorry, 'tramping'. I don't hike, I ...

... other side. Walking down a hill is tougher than walking up. Finally we reached the village on the east side of the island - Boipeba.   We made our way down the path that wound through the outskirts of town. Suddenly we saw something we ...

... ; Likoma Island itself is 17 square kilometres and home to several villages with a total population of 6,000, its sleepy island life provided a great location to spend a relaxing week in advance of our upcoming camping safari through the Malawi ...