- Dunedin and The CatlinsWe drove the hour left to go to Dunedin and managed to find a parking spot for free close to the centre of town. We got out of the van into gale force wind and made our way into Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- Lake Tekapo and Lake PukakiWe drove south across the Canterbury plains, a fairly uninspiring stretch of farmland for about an hour and a half, the turned off the highway further inland to head towards Lake Tekapo. The weather by the point was still Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- ChristchurchAfter a couple of hours on the road we arrived in Christchurch, passing through a strange wilderness of fairly barren brown land that we would not previously have associated with NZ. At just before 5 we arrived in Christchurch, Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- The Ferry crossing and KaikouraWe rose to a despicably cold morning at 6.30 and made our way to the ferry terminal, checked in, queued up and eventually parked Kiwi II on the Interislander ferry and made our way on board. This is meant Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- Tongariro National Park and WellingtonAfter such an action packed and fun-filled couple of days, the next day we had a few less exciting jobs to do, e.g. washing, finding an ATM to get out more money and a rather large pile of washing up. Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- TaupoUp bright and early again the next morning we made our way to Wai-O-Tapu, a ‘geothermal wonderland’, in time to see the Lady Knox geyser erupt at 10.15am. As we had arrived pretty early we had time to visit Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- RotoruaWe drove into Rotorua early in the mroning, and headed straight for the I-Site information centre. The first thing that hit us about the town was its rather unpleasant eggy smell caused by the sulphur from the geothermal activity. Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 9, 2012
- End of New Zealand - a treat on the day of the treatySo, we finally released from the Jailhouse in Christchurch, not without being put on record first of course..
[img=http://photos.travelle Posted by KtandMark in Kt and Mark do stuff in places and that | Feb 9, 2012
- Southern Laughter, 1876, and Cafe 111As you can see from the heading, we have spent the last couple days here in Queenstown living luxuriously - eating at restaurants, checking movie listings (though we didn't actually make it to see any), sleeping in a comfortable bed, Posted by jeremyandannie in Last Night in Bangkok | Feb 9, 2012
- Sweet as brewWe left Australia a little sad as we had such a great time there. The time at Nicole and Dan's place has been amazing as well - a huge THANK YOU for having us! The weather perked up for us Posted by alnsoph in alnsoph around the world | Feb 9, 2012
- New Zealand-Auckland, Coromandel Pininsula, WaitomoWow, the first few days in Auckland have rushed passed so so fast, it's mental, I feel like I'm on a tour again.
I arrived in Auckland after a rubbish nights sleep in the hostel before, made up by an awesomely Posted by julie mckenna in Julie's Round the World Trip | Feb 8, 2012
- The end of AustraliaWell hello there people,
Welcome to the next installment of Around The World in 240 Days, A Tas and Sweed Story. As promised to Rhiannon and Jade (as we have spent the last month together) this blog entry will be about Posted by tasandsweed in Around the world in 240 days. | Feb 8, 2012
- The end of Australia. Continued. As mentioned in the previous blog post, Alex and I had paid to do the Oz Experience instead of the Greyhound bus service. I'm not going to recommend Oz Experience as it just isn't worth the money, however Kroombit Cattle Posted by tasandsweed in Around the world in 240 days. | Feb 8, 2012
- Wow what a day in Queenstown!!!!!Wow what a day!!!!!!
An early start as Tracy, Mick and I are playing golf at Jack's Point at 8.30am today. Well, what can I say? It was just absolutely amazing and jumps straight to my number one course Posted by vincents in Golf & Wine Around the Antipodes | Feb 7, 2012
- Lake Taupo – Climbing and Falling After Rotorua the three of us navigated our way down to Whanganui Bay to do some climbing. There were only about 3 turnings to remember to get there, yet somehow we managed to go wrong at all of them, with Posted by Laura Mitchell in Australia and New Zealand | Feb 7, 2012
- Tentative ProgrammeDeparture Malta : Thu 09 Feb EK 108 1445 Arrival Dubai : Fri 10 Feb 0055
Departure Dubai : Fri 10 Feb Posted by kscicluna in New Zealand Trip | Feb 7, 2012
- Keeping BUSY!!The days are just flying by! Yesterday, I took a day trip to the Zoo in Auckland. The Zoo was HUGE and had a lot more animals than I expected, and featured different regions of New Zealand. Getting used to Posted by anthonyfalls in New Zealand 2012!! | Feb 7, 2012
- Queenstown and an amazing surpriseTime to move on again today and we are off to Queenstown, apparently the adventure capital of the world. The last two nights in the Radfords Motel have been fantastic, Tracy says her best sleeps yet, but she also now Posted by vincents in Golf & Wine Around the Antipodes | Feb 6, 2012
- The Coromandel PeninsulaOur alarm went off at 8, and we snoozed it for a while. However no sooner had we done so then there was a sharp knocking on the window. Tom got up to investigate. Turns out that Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 6, 2012
- Bay of Islands and Cape ReingaThis is Kiwi, our new campervan (and a definite upgrade to Van Persie!).
Posted by Emma_and_Tom in We'll get a job next year... | Feb 6, 2012
- InvercargillSo after being in Dunedin for a couple of days and taking a look around have headed down to Gore to stay with my half-sister Andrea for a bit. Not a lot to do in Gore but there was some Posted by donjya in Where to next? | Feb 6, 2012
- Lago TaupoEl Lago Taupo se encuentra a tan sólo una hora al sur de Rotorua, así que no avancé mucho desde mi anterior destino. Taupo se trata de un pueblo muy pequeño, apenas 7.000 habitantes, cuya actividad principal es el turismo. Posted by gacela in Gacela por el Mundo | Feb 6, 2012
- Getting ThereFor those of you that don't know, I'm still stuck here in NZ while Hayden is enjoying getting to know Lebanon without us. There is a short and rather abrupt story behind why we're not all there together, like we Posted by karicketts in to infinity... and beyond | Feb 5, 2012
- ChristchurchI hadn't know what to expect from Christchurch. I knew a year on from the last major quake that it was still struggling to get back on it's feet. When I'd seen the New Zealand news, there were reports on Posted by KtandMark in Kt and Mark do stuff in places and that | Feb 5, 2012
- Awe inspiring day - Milford SoundWe thought this might be one of our most scenic days in New Zealand although we didn't really know what to expect. We were not disappointed, in fact you could say the scenery blew us away.
We were advised by Kerri, Posted by vincents in Golf & Wine Around the Antipodes | Feb 5, 2012