Destination: New Zealand

Gallery: Queenstown

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By florida_family | Photo Gallery

Gallery: The South Island

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By florida_family | Photo Gallery

From Taupo til now!!

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By tomfremlin | Views [588] | Comments [1]

It has been some time since that last update where we were staying on the banks of Lake Taupo and, accordingly, several things have happened...no doubt I will forget a few but heres the best overview I can manage. The first port of call was Turangi ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

A night out in Auckland

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [754]

Went out on friday night with 3 girls that are staying in the same hostel as me. Bernie from Northern Ireland I had already met in Whitianga, and Sarah and Deborah from Scotland were her room mates in Auckland. We started in the MINUS 5 bar on the waterfront.... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Auckland again

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [679]

Caught the bus back to Auckland via Thames where I met up with Catharina again. Sat with another German girl on the bus - there seems to be a lot of Germans travelling in NZ at the moment. Decided to stay at a different hostel in the city. I met up with ... Read more >

Tags: People

Now THAT's a KNIFE

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By thecobb | Views [954]

Well I have learned a new craft. Knife-making is without a doubt a great thrill. I ended up the only person at the shop yesterday, so I received personal attention. My knife is going to appear on the website eventually. I am so happy with it, and between ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Knife-making / Punikaiki

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By thecobb | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Whitianga

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Thames

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Auckland!

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By lijanne13 | Photo Gallery

Whitianga - just look at it

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [784]

Back to hot and sunny weather. Arrived on the bus after driving around the Coromandal Peninsular. The hostel is in a great location just opposite the beach. Met an English guy at the hostel called Rupert. He was only stopping a couple of nights but ... Read more >

Tags: beaches & sunshine

Akaroa, Banks Peninsula

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By walkamile | Views [639]

Akaroa.  A small "french settlement" on the Banks Peninsula of the South Island.  Having been planted on extinct volcano remnants, the town streets undulate with the waves of the hilly land.  A bay named after the town is almost always in ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Possibly not the Final Entry

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By sophieollie | Views [879]

New Zealand . Hey everyone, Well, after 8 months and 27 days we are back in New Zealand. Back to sunshine, thankfully, beaches, cicadas (oh how surprisingly much I have missed cicadas), friends ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Its colder when you go south

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By florida_family | Views [584]

Last weekend we went on an excursion to the south island of New Zealand.   In this upside-down world in which we live at the moment, that means you are going further away from the equator and closer to the south pole.   We flew to ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Auckland

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery