Destination: New Zealand

Middle Earth

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [943]

Well - Wanaka, Queenstown and Te Anau.  The drive to Wanaka is one of the best I've ever done - simply spectacular.  I love the little town too - mountain vistas and a huge lake.  Queenstown is the adrenaline junkies centre of NZ.  Bungee, skydiving, ... Read more >

Gallery: Middle Earth

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Auckland to Wellington

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By monica_gill | Photo Gallery

Wellington

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By monica_gill | Views [536] | Comments [4]

After spending about 3 days in Auckland, I took a 12 hour train ride down to Wellington.  It was beautiful--I can really see why they have chosen to film movies here.  Auckland was nice, but very much a city.  I'm not so much a city girl, so I had ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Marlborough Sounds and Abel Tasman

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By beckandphil | Views [1551]

On Sunday 25th Nov we got the ferry from Wellington to the South Island of New Zealand. The crossing is renowned for being rough so I purposefully skipped breakfast - thank goodness it was a blissfully calm day. It takes 3 hours to cross the straight ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gold

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [1223]

It was a wonderful day to find gold......On the way from Westport to Greymouth.............. Yeah it was a real nice day with a lot of sun and this strange vibration in the air. We followed our natural instict, stopped at a wonderful small bridge next ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: West Coast

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: KeriKeri, Bay of Islands

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

Gallery: My Various Flats

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

on the road again

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By kristibetts | Views [471]

well i'm finally leaving hamilton tommarrow. I got myself set up with one of the backpacker buses which I paid through the nose for, but i'm expecting it to be a lot of fun. I believe the next stop is raglan, although i'm not entirely sure which part ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

West Coast and Glaciers

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1126] | Comments [1]

Golden Bay, Greymouth, glaciers, and great big blobs of bird poo on my head.  That makes 5 times now: birds 3, bats 2, Shane 0 - we were sat outside, enjoying a well deserved cup of coffee.  The ironic thing is that Tony had offered me his seat due to ... Read more >

Tags: trekking

Gallery: ST in New Zealand

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By bigst | Photo Gallery

Made it!

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By monica_gill | Views [478] | Comments [4]

After a very long day (days?) of flying, complete with multiple delays, I have made it to Auckland.  Now it's time to get my bearings and figure out transportation.  Flying into Sydney was so exciting! Apparently I was on the wrong side of the plane, ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Gallery: Random Stuff

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Swimming Pix

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery