Destination: New Zealand

Gallery: Franz Josef - New Zealand

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery

Gallery: New Zealand Aug 07

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 | By stacey143 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Christchurch - New Zealand

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 | By jamesanddan | Photo Gallery

Wellington - Quiet Town

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | By kelly | Views [699]

Arrived at my hotel at 7.30pm... the town is DEAD!!! A quick change of clothes and out I went to explore. A short walk to the famous Wellington Cable Car up to the botanical gardens... it was pitch black! There was no one there and I only had a fleeting ... Read more >

Tags: Eating & sightseeing

Gallery: 2007 Auckland & Wellington

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 | By kelly | Photo Gallery

Waitin..

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | By dana-b | Views [464] | Comments [1]

Well we have left Keri, thats a start!! Were currently in Hamilton catching up with diggler and robs other mates before we sly out on thurs!! What a misssion of a couple of weeks weve had, actually ive had, rob being a male seems exempt from anything ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Kayak Catastrophe!

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | By dirosa | Views [471]

I've always had a fear of drowning, I like the idea of doing water sports but if it’s anything else than swimming I can’t help but panic. Everyone along our New Zealand travels have talked so much about Kayaking, I wasn’t really sure I would ... Read more >

First time in NZ - Auckland

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 | By kelly | Views [1175]

Up at 4.30am for 7.15am flight out from Tullamarine airport.... *yawn*... what are the chances that the flight was delayed?? Oh nvm. I flew Emirates - had a ball, watched 'Next' with movies on demand and had yummy omelette breakky... the 3.5 hr flight ... Read more >

Tags: Eating & sightseeing

Back to Auckland

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [603]

Today was our last full day in New Zealand. We left Hamilton for Auckland from where we fly to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands tomorrow. En route we encountered a friendly yet festidious traffic cop who punished us for the minor indiscretion of fractionally ... Read more >

Tags: Shopping

Rotorua to Waikato

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [890] | Comments [1]

In the city of a thousand smells, Rotorua's most offensive olfactory insults are reserved for the only Maori owned park - the aptly named Hell's Gate . The name of this place - given by our very own GB Shaw - captures its essence. Shaw, upon seeing ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Maoris, Moustaches and Manuka

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1205]

We looked 50 feet into the volcanic crater, its grassy sides rippled like an ancient sunken souffle.  With 360 degree panoramas over Auckland, Mount Eden is the highest of 48 volcanoes in the city. I was just positioning Maria for the, ¨crawling from a ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

I HATE Skiing... but was born to Apres Ski!

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By dirosa | Views [502]

It was Friday the 13th and another bitterly cold day in Springfield, New Zealand.  With thick fluffy white snow covering the mountain tops and slippery icy roads, Jonny and I despite being considered crazy by the locals decided it was a perfect day ... Read more >

Taupo

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [751]

We took a fairly long drive this morning, retracing our steps from Monday - to visit some of the things we saw outside our car windows as we sped past on our cross-country trek at the start of the week. First off was the Volcanic Activity Centre in ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Rotorua

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [688]

Rotorua is New Zealand's main centre of geothermal activity - the underground volcanic rumblings resulting in a whole assortment of manifestations above the surface - from bubbling mudpools, to toasty rocks to bursting geysers. Today we visited Te ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

New Zealand at last

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By edd_powell | Views [620]

Greetings from possible one of the furthest places I could be from the UK - Auckland. Let me start by back tracking to my last blog. Since then I made it out of Cambodia in a mini van full to the brim of rucksacks and people through rivers, roads ... Read more >

Tags: Airports