Destination: New Zealand

NZ - coming to an end

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By sandn | Views [858] | Comments [3]

It has been ages since we updated our blog.......ahhhhhh where to start.  Well from Dunedin (another nice city but nothing amazing to write home about....oh except we saw penguins!!) we traveled up the East coast, stopped in Christchurch again for the ... Read more >

An Anzac Departure

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By brentoc | Views [853]

Our adventure began at the crack of dawn on Anzac day, although there was no gunfire following our footsteps, as those of our true ANZAC forebears.   Our challenge was relatively simple; load the car with whatever we might need for the trip, in less ... Read more >

Tags: festivals, museums, roadtrips

Akaroa, Lake Tekapo, Mount Cook, Oamaru and Dunedin

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [5730] | Comments [3]

Hi everyone, We've been in New Zealand for a week now and have decided the locals are really rude. They've got all this fantastic scenery and yet they keep it all to themselves! Outrageous. They could at least donate a few mountain ranges and ... Read more >

Gallery: Climbing

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 | By yanni-timmie | Photo Gallery

LOVING NEW ZEALAND Heaps of pics so take a look

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 | By yanni-timmie | Views [802]

Hey Everybody we're loving new zealand, Even ive been brave enough to try ome climbing and kayaking!!! We've been very lucky here in New Zealand we got to swim with Dolphins, hold a penguin, go caving in the famous wattimo caves and so much more.... Read more >

Gallery: New Zealand Part 2

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 | By yanni-timmie | Photo Gallery

Gallery: The Volcanic Region

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By yanni-timmie | Photo Gallery

Gallery: New Zealand Part 1

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By yanni-timmie | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Taupo

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By mattnpete | Photo Gallery

I'm bored . . . . Let's jump out of a plane!

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By mattnpete | Views [770] | Comments [1]

The first thing we noticed on arrival into Taupo was the abundance of watering holes, already we had a good feeling about this place. The second thing we noticed was a lake that could of been the ocean, it was simply massive and stunning. Here we knew ... Read more >

The West Coast

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 | By claremccallum | Views [614] | Comments [2]

Hey Guys! Another update: 8th April '08 - COLLINWOOD AND THE FAREWELL SPIT From Picton, travelled North West (stopping for a short time in the Marlborough Sounds) until we reached the small hamlet of Collinwood. During our stay here, we visited the ... Read more >

Abel Tasman and the West Coast

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 | By tomfremlin | Views [662]

Leaving Havelock seems like a lifetime ago now, even though it was only just over a fortnight back! We've been up to the Farewell Spit, achieved the Abel Tasman coastal trek, visited the Nelson Lakes and spent a lot of time heading down the West Coast ... Read more >

Gallery: Kaikoura

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Akaroa, Tekapo, Mt Cook, Oamaru & Dunedin

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

The North of South Island and West Coast (well half of it...)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 | By annamar810 | Views [936] | Comments [1]

From Picton we spent some time in the Malborough Sounds- truly spectacular although a pity we could hardly see them for all the cloud... still where we were staying had a scottish themed pub and open fire which kept us cosy and out of the rain- was a ... Read more >