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Tue, 16 Jul 2013 | By lewis | Photo Gallery
My Journey down South
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Tue, 16 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [236] | Comments [1]
Sunday 14th July What a lovely nights sleep we had! We were plugged into electric so we had the Hester on all night which kept the van a nice temperature, it was so nice not feeling the least bit cold. I had odd dreams in the night centred around earthquakes ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [281] | Comments [1]
Friday July 12th
Nobody came to terrorise us in the night, surprise surprise! Left by 8.30 to drive to fur seal look out and cape foulwind. It was freezing cold with frost on the ground. We walked perhaps 5 minutes down the track before a helicopter ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [599]
I can say now, as it has been announced to the world :) I am to be a grandmother for the third time! Corrin and Adam who live on the Gold Coast in Oz are expecting their first baby on the 26th of December. I have already bought my tickets over to help ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [269] | Comments [1]
Wednesday 10th We both had a pretty awful nights sleep last night, mainly due to the type of rain and how it was falling on the van. We were both awake from around 6am and by 7am we were in line for the ferry across to the South Island. By 7.30 we were ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [118] | Comments [1]
Monday 8 July We had a lie in today and didnt get up until almost 8am, it was a lot colder as well. After the usual breakfast and pack up routine, and the added find a bin for my poop task, we set off knowing we would be jumping from the pink plane ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [173] | Comments [1]
Saturday July 6 We didn't really have much of an idea what we were doing today, we decided once in the front seats we would head down to rotorua. The drive was a little under 2 hours and we headed straight for the information centre this time round.... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [176] | Comments [1]
Thursday July 4 Good sleep again last night, woken by the rain a couple of times but was a nice relaxed feeling. We had a fairly leisurely get up, usual routine plus some extra sweeping of the van before setting of for 9am. We saw a honey centre which ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [130] | Comments [1]
Wednesday 3 July We had both slept really well, maybe due to extra layers or maybe we were both very tired. Either way we slept more or less all night and woke at 7 with the alarm to heat the van a little and have breakfast. It was raining and was obvious ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [159] | Comments [1]
Tuesday 2 July We had an extra layer over the top of us lastnight so we were warmer and slept a bit better. We had also learned to wake up earlier to put the heating on to give it extra time to heat the van a little bit. We had breakfast, sorted everything ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By cwalker1218 | Views [995]
I’m not what I would consider a bubbly person….. (although I’ve had my moments). I don’t usually laugh out loud when reading a book or watching TV. Yet, I smile, I can be friendly, I joke and get excited often - but I’m ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [171] | Comments [1]
Saturday 29 June Unfortunately on that evening we had a terrible night due to next door deciding to play loud music at 2am. It was so loud things on the bedroom sides were vibrating with the bass, it was such an awful way to be woken up that Liam thought ... Read more >
Mon, 8 Jul 2013 | By hannahhackett | Views [555]
From Christchurch we drove to Twizel in the Southern Alps. This is where the New Zealand of the adverts and Lord of the Rings began for us! We didn't have to get far out into the countryside before we were surrounded by snow on the ground! ... Read more >
Tags: lakes, mount cook, mountains, stargazing
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By hannahhackett | Views [637]
Christchurch is a bit of a city in limbo at the moment. It may be over 2 years since the Feb 2011 earthquake that destroyed the heart of the city but that event still defines life in the city and probably will for a generation, until the memories ... Read more >
Tags: antarctic, churches, earthquake, kiwis, memorial
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