Central Otago, New Zealand

Travel Blogs from Central Otago (6)

Exploring farm stays and laboring in fruit packing, Central Otago, New Zealand travel blog
Exploring farm stays and laboring in fruit packing
May 1, 2005

... was founded. And so, my travels came to a halt as I decided to earn some money to refill my slowly depleting travel budget. Central Otago is the fruit bowl of NZ with about 90% of the fruit coming from this area. Lots of the fruit is exported all ...

A travel blog entry by grizzly
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Central Otago, New Zealand travel blog
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Apr 29, 2006

... will become apparent in a moment. The one major event of note was mid-semester break; Lisa and I did something called the Central Otago Rail Trail. It's an old railway line through the valleys of Otago which has been converted to a trail which we biked. ...

A travel blog entry by mudpuppy3d
Yes sir, yes sir,three bags full...well,one anyway, Middlemarch,Central Otago, New Zealand travel blog
Yes sir, yes sir,three bags full...well,one anyway
Nov 25, 2007

... an hilarious dry-witted Scotsman, whose brogue I am just beginning to understand,invited us out with his wife,Nyrie, for a trip into Central Otago. This area is like a plain or moor with tracts of tussocks(a clumped grass) and wide open spaces. It is also ...

A travel blog entry by donjohn
Time moves and so do my values, Dunedin and Central Otago, New Zealand travel blog
Time moves and so do my values
Mar 30, 2006

... - from half a metre to three metres tall --> think Big Bird!) to extinction by burning the forests down. So Central otago is really scrubby because without the forests it is slipping toward desertification. so there it's a really unique landscape. We ...

A travel blog entry by daniellej

Forum Discussions on Central Otago (6)

The Rail Trail in Central Otago - South island
Posted on Nov 10, 2008, 19:49:44
... ? That's just the beginning of the adventure one finds in the Otago Central region. If you miss Central Otago you miss a magic part of New Zealand. So what's this Rail Trail? From Middlemarch to Clyde it is one of the finest pathways in the ...
A South Island Itinerary
Posted on Sep 3, 2009, 14:14:28
... shame but you will. We love it up here in what they call Central. Stay the night in Alexandra at the Alexandra Holiday Park. Central Otago - Alexandra, St Bathans, Naseby Take route 85 out of Alexandra inland. Make sure you pull off the main road to St. ...
Part 5 - from the Catlins through Central
Posted on Apr 1, 2008, 02:09:41
... but you will. We love it up here in what they call Central. Stay the night in Alexandra at the Alexandra Holiday Park. Central Otago - Alexandra, St Bathans, Naseby Take route 85 out of Alexandra inland. Make sure you pull off the main road to St. ...
Weather January in New Zealand
Posted on Jan 6, 2009, 17:28:35
... temperatures begun in June 2006. However, temperatures may be below average in S Westland. Warmest temperatures may be in Central Otago. In contrast, the W/NW winds may keep temperatures close to average in Wellington, Nelson, N Westland and Fiordland. ...

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