Destination: New Zealand

Auckland

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 | By walkamile | Views [623]

Well, This was the last destination of my week and half vacation of the North Island for the April mid-semester break.  Sorry for putting this last blog up so late, and all the others too I might add.  Time sure does get away from me! Auckland. The ... Read more >

Day 256: Wanaka to Queenstown

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1004]

Friday 18th July I got up to another grey day in Wanaka, but it wasn't too bad, a good day for the drive to Queenstown with Mark. I had decided to get a lift from him as it would be better to have the company and it didn't make sense to leave later ... Read more >

Day 255: A fantastic wintertime birthday

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1350]

Thursday 17th July Given that I was planning on spending only a full day in Wanaka, I was keen to make use of that day – my birthday – to go on a hike of a local mountain, Mount Roy, which I had heard was a round journey of between seven and ... Read more >

Day 254: Franz Josef to Wanaka

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1584]

Wednesday 16th July Danika and I got our stuff together and left Franz Josef with Mark on our tail, as we were all making a move towards the town of Wanaka, situated about three hours drive south of Franz Josef. We had heard from various people ... Read more >

South by South West

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 | By george | Views [2453] | Comments [3]

I spent several days in Perth, mainly taking and uploading photos for iStock, sorting out tickets etc for my next travels, and going out with the guys from the 'Wicked' journey a couple of times. Then had a few days left to quickly see some ... Read more >

Tags: perth, trees, western australia

Day 253: The Franz Josef Glacier Hike

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1878]

Tuesday 15th July I was up at 07.00, got myself together and prepared my food for the lunch that day (you have to bring your own food on the glacier hikes) and headed over to the Franz Josef Glacier Guides office at 09.00 to get kitted out with ... Read more >

Day 252: Punakaiki to Franz Josef

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1476]

Monday 14th July Although we had to check out of the hostel by 10.00, I got myself and my gear together at a leisurely pace, had some breakfast and said our goodbyes to the group of people that we had been hanging out with in Punakaiki. It was ... Read more >

Day 251: Lazy days in Punakaiki

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [960]

Sunday 13th July It was another very quiet day for me, as I carried on from where I left off the day before: more journal writing, relaxing and eating. I didn't leave the hostel until 16.30 when I went down to the beach with Danika and Deborah (a ... Read more >

Kiwi Experience - Edition 1

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 | By kiwi_kerry | Views [1241]

Hey all! Just went on a two week bus tour of the south island which was absolutely amazing!! Such gorgeous scenery and met some really cool people while on the bus. Definately recommend Kiwi Ex for anyone looking for a trip of NZ. Started off from ... Read more >

Gallery: ein bisschen über die nordinsel...

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By farfaraway | Photo Gallery

Gallery: views of wellington

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By florida_family | Photo Gallery

Gallery: seal

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By florida_family | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Makara Beach

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By florida_family | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Mt Ruapehu

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By florida_family | Photo Gallery

Snow in July at Mount Doom

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By florida_family | Views [663]

  4 th of July weekend in New Zealand isn’t a holiday, obviously – the Kiwi’s haven’t quite gotten round to severing ties with England yet so I suspect their loyalties would not be with us on the Declaration of Independence.   They would probably ... Read more >