Destination: New Zealand

The Family Name

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By flashorton | Views [954]

Lately Isabel and I have been constantly reminded of weddings and babies. Parisa is getting hitched, Nick & Beanie just had a baby, so did Droidy, Mike's got one in the oven, so have Jools & Johno, Chris Moran... and so it goes on. Here in NZ ... Read more >

Tags: babies, names, weddings

No rooms in Queenstown and a Milford Sound Cruise

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1268]

The next destination was Queenstown, probably the most touristy town on the South Island and home to pretty much every adrenaline sport known to man. Again it's a very picturesque setting for a town, on a lake and surrounded by The Remarkables, ... Read more >

Tags: cruise, fjord, lord of the rings, nature, trekking

Heli-hiking, horse riding and a country fair - Franz Josef and Wanaka

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1600] | Comments [1]

We spent the night in another DOC site at the end of Lake Mahinapua, near Franz Josef, home of its namesake glacier. It was really difficult to find in the evening. I had booked a Heli-hike up the glacier for the following morning and Claire ... Read more >

Tags: camping, fair, glacier, helicopter, horse, hostel

Closing Encounters of the Kiwi Kind

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By mogsie08-09 | Views [755]

I had to get up for a rediculously early ferry crossing back to the North Island because with my time quickly running out in New Zealand I knew I'd have a real whistlestop tour if I was to fit in everything I still wanted to see and do there. Needless ... Read more >

Greenstone and kiwi on the West Coast

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1359]

The drive was hot and uneventful back over steep Takaka Hill especially as we managed to avoid getting stuck behind a 2 trailer road train of powdered milk, Golden bay's biggest export. A quick pitstop in Richmond for more supplies, then ... Read more >

Tags: camping, jade, kiwi

Gallery: New Zealand

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By arcticwarbler | Photo Gallery

A ferry through Marlborough Sounds and kayaks on Golden Bay

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1435] | Comments [2]

It was great to be back on the road after a work break in Wellington (work for Claire, “work” for me). We stuffed our gear into our bags and jumped in a taxi to the Interislander ferry terminal. The 3 hour ferry journey ( a comfortable mode of transport ... Read more >

Tags: camping, ferry, fruit, kayak, seal, springs

New Zealand

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [1392] | Comments [2]

The HeywoodNotts go camping! Half out of declining financial resources (in our first fully developed (read expensive) country since we left the UK 4 months ago) and half out of a romantic notion of driving around New Zealand in a campervan. The finances ... Read more >

Tags: new zealand

Gallery: Out and About in Auckland

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By dkky | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Borders Beyond

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By dkky | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Maoríes y Coromandel Peninsula

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Gallery: New Zealand

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery

La Nouvelle-Zelande – un vrai retour a la nature!

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 | By bixente | Views [565]

Nous voila enfin chez les kiwis (surnom donne aux Neo-zelandais qui vient de l’oiseau local -sans aile et a poils! - et non du fruit) et nous avons un enorme coup de coeur pour ce pays …. Nous n’avons malheureusement que 3 semaines pour decouvrir ... Read more >

The trip begins...

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 | By nomadcow | Views [265]

So my sun dance to ward off miserable rain Lords hasn't worked.... I'm sitting in my campervan wondering what to do whilst downpour has it's moment. Thank God I opted for a rental van and not a smelly, cheapo third hand one from TradeMe. It rarely happens ... Read more >

Tags: britz campervan

It was time to take off

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 | By wheat72 | Views [254]

So with all the flights, hotels and transfers in order it was time to go.  The day we went to the airport was one of the most exciting days of my life.  Jake and I couldn't wipe the smiles off our faces.  This was our big adventure. We were going for ... Read more >

Tags: off to singapore