Destination: New Zealand

Invercargill to Owaka via the Southern Scenic Route

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [1203]

Headed out of Owaka and picked up the Southern Scenic Route again.   It was a beautiful drive as the road meandered alongside the coastline.   Stopped at various points along the way in the Catlin Area Petrified forest in the Catlins, ... Read more >

Auckland, New Zealand

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [811]

Our round the world trip started on the 17th of January, 2009. After a few teary goodbyes (mostly bec and her mum!) we headed off to Melbourne. We dropped off Simon's car at his sister's house, had a few more tears (this time Simon's mum!) and headed ... Read more >

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The Sounds

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [403]

A short drive to another of our Fav camping spots which had unfortunately been overrun with campervans and little space was left for us! Plus it was very rocky ground, not good when you need to hold down your tent in bloody rain! Ah well, we booked our ... Read more >

Te Anau to Invercargill

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [476]

Headed out of Te Anau following the Southern Scenic route.   Nice drive, nice views….again.    Bumped into Sebastian and Andy (who I’d met previously in Queenstown) and continued my journey with them….no longer Billy No Mates!! Yay! Stayed ... Read more >

Gallery: Auckland

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By bec-simon | Photo Gallery

Pretty Te Anau

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [380] | Comments [1]

A nice drive through the mountains to Te Anau. We're we had yet another awesome free camping spot! Right on the lake and a litttle dunny close by.... We booked a boat trip to see the offical Glowworm tour, which was so cool! Beautiful bluey, green fairy ... Read more >

Gallery: Driving Around New Zealand

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By justin | Photo Gallery

A slightly bizarre hostel in Auckland

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1000]

The 16 th of January never happened as we crossed the international date line to New Zealand, the first “developed” country on the trip. The flight was pleasant (LAN are great) and Auckland airport was certainly ... Read more >

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Departed Queenstown (Before I kill myself doing more extreme activities) to the scenic Milford Sound

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [692]

I decided to leave Queenstown before I was tempted to do anymore extreme activities, although the stunt plane looked very tempting.   My destination was Milford Sound, ( New Zealand ’ s most famous attractions ) in the Fjord area on the east ... Read more >

NZ info praktyczne

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 | By magda | Views [850]

Wszystkie ceny z NZ$ benzyna kosztuje około $1.35–$1.40 za litr; ropa – od $1.04 do $1.12 za litr. Paragon z zakupów w supermarketach (powyżej kwtoy $40) zawiera kupon ze zniżką na zakup paliwa (4c na litr) campervan – cena zależy ... Read more >

The Glaciers and a familiar face in Wanaka

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [417]

The next day we set out to see both Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers and drive further south to Wanaka with a stay on Laurens Lawn. Both Glaciers were amazing of course but time was against us. Wanaka was a lovely town, huge mountains surrounding it. Had ... Read more >

Skydive!!!!!

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By justin | Views [585] | Video

Sorted myself out with a car today....she's a beauty!   A white Nissan Sunny.   "You wanna a mini cab!"...yep similar to what the London minicab drivers have.   Anyway got it dirt cheap and for the next three weeks, so let the road trip ... Read more >

Gallery: Skydive, Queenstown, NZ

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By justin | Photo Gallery

We made it to the south island

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By pdrozinsky | Views [741] | Comments [6]

Hi everyone! Well it's been an amazing trip so far. I thought I would fill in a few spots of where we have been. I know Don wrote the last blog but he left a few things out so here goes. Arrived in Auckland and stayed at a beautiful B&B. had a nice ... Read more >

a quick but necessary stop

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [393]

Another longish drive heading south now, stopping at the amazing Punakaiki Rocks for some awesome blow hole action! Then settling for another night of camping. Got to see some free glowworm caves of the side of the road!